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backer

[bak-er] / ˈbæk ər /


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It has become a backer to those that rely on its chips, providing some funding to the likes of OpenAI, Anthropic, and SpaceX to help continue the costly buildout of AI infrastructure.

From BBC Aug. 26, 2026

Russia was a key backer of the Assad regime, and in the days after his fall, Assad released a statement confirming that he had fled there.

From BBC Aug. 7, 2026

His new backer Universal not only gives him near-total autonomy, but sacrifices potential home-entertainment revenue by giving his movies an extraordinarily long amount of time exclusively in theaters.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 19, 2026

His backer was Chicago private-equity firm Granite Creek Capital Partners, which aims to invest $10 million to $30 million in companies with at least $3 million of Ebitda, according to its website.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 17, 2026

Ever attuned to the ebb and flow of research funding, he recognized that the government stood to become as generous a financial backer as the medical foundations he had mined to build the sixty-inch.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik

Its backers are seeking $100 million in annual funding.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 24, 2026

The push is part of a $1.5 billion joint venture between the AI giant and Wall Street firms, which also includes Apollo, General Atlantic and Goldman Sachs among the backers.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 21, 2026

Thanks to several shadowy backers, three days later, according to my source inside the courthouse, on Saturday, Aug. 8, at 12:35 p.m.,

From Slate Aug. 20, 2026

He is the second man to be arrested over the plot, which has strained relations between Kyiv and Berlin - one of the key European backers for Ukraine's war effort.

From BBC Aug. 19, 2026

“Loomis had ninety ideas a minute,” one of their financial backers observed.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik




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