backer

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The jury will also weigh whether Microsoft, OpenAI's largest private backer with $13 billion committed, knowingly facilitated the shift away from the nonprofit model.

From Barron's • May 18, 2026

The agreement is not a final deal, with preconditions including a private-sector backer and a stringent carbon pricing regime.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026

Farage has said he was under "no obligation" to declare the gift from billionaire Reform backer Christopher Harborne because it had been given before he was an MP.

From BBC • May 13, 2026

Inspire could also be targeting a hefty market capitalization as well; private-equity backer Roark Capital has sought a valuation of around $20 billion, according to CNBC.

From MarketWatch • May 8, 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