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Microsoft has been a big backer of OpenAI but is struggling to remain on the forefront of the fast-moving technology, which threatens to unseat software makers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 11, 2026

Microsoft seemed like an obvious early winner in AI: The company became OpenAI’s first major corporate backer through a $1 billion investment in 2019, aligning itself early on with one of the industry’s juggernauts.

From Barron's ● Jun. 25, 2026

“Tech has been a long backer of his, but at the same time there is this growing national outcry against data centers.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 21, 2026

A backer of the prime minister said, when Burnham had faced tough questions in the by-election campaign, "he's fallen apart".

From BBC ● Jun. 20, 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

Investigators said the companies allegedly sought to conceal the identity of their Chinese financial backers while establishing "unauthorised" operations or "illegally" recruiting talent.

From Barron's ● Aug. 5, 2026

Reported backers included SoftBank of Japan and Saudi Arabia's sovereign wealth fund.

From Barron's ● Jul. 28, 2026

The U.S. remains one of the most prominent backers of the cultural and political rights of Tibetans, tens of thousands of whom are in exile in India and Nepal.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 26, 2026

In his first term, about two-thirds of Trump’s backers approved strongly of his performance.

From Slate ● Jul. 23, 2026

No one knew better than Ernest that his expansion plans would outstrip the resources of the university, the Rockefeller Foundation, and the Research Corporation, his customary financial backers.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik