backer
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SEIU-UHW West is the primary backer of Californians for Responsible Healthcare and the Yes on 44 campaign.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
He was an early backer of the AI lab DeepMind and served on its board before it was acquired by Google in 2014.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026
Private equity backer TSG, which took a 22% stake in the brewer in 2017, is set to lose £27.6m.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
Gazprom publicly became the IBA’s financial backer, filling its coffers with tens of millions of dollars.
From Salon ● Sep. 14, 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 Saudi backers had struck a framework deal with the PGA Tour—and Rahm was about to become one of the richest golfers on the planet.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026
Citing documents shared with OpenAI's financial backers, the FT said the company put its annualized revenue at close to $50 billion as of the end of September.
From Barron's ● Oct. 8, 2026
The Brockmans were listed among the group’s marquee backers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026
They also took aim at some of Raman’s own wealthy backers, who have put big money into outside campaign committees that support her.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026
Sympathetic to Bobby’s plight, the committee circulated to its members a letter of protest that was ultimately sent to Icelandic Television, other media, and to the financial backers and distributors of the film.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
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