- present tense form of founder (3rd person singular).
founders
Example Sentences
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To unwind the deal with Meta, Manus’s founders and early backers-including Tencent, HSG and ZhenFund-bought back shares from Meta at a valuation of around $2 billion, people familiar with the matter said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
Though many items are favorites of the founders, the restaurant, Cardoso said, was built for everyone.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026
Jack Clark, one of seven founders of Anthropic, said a way of shutting off AI software completely if it gets too dangerous was the kind of thing society "might want to eventually pass rules around".
From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026
Anthropic’s founders had left OpenAI in 2020 to found the AI startup in 2021 after clashing with executives at the ChatGPT maker over safety issues.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 11, 2026
We were better equipped than many founders of dynasties had been when they walked north to dethrone an emperor; they had been peasants like us.
From "The Woman Warrior" by Maxine Hong Kingston
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