cofounders

variants or co-founders
Definition of cofoundersnext
plural of cofounder

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of cofounders Many billionaires, including Google cofounders Larry Page and Sergey Brin, Oracle cofounder Larry Ellison, PayPal cofounder Peter Thiel, and Craft Ventures’ David Sacks, have already moved their permanent residences out of state to avoid the tax. Sydney Lake, Fortune, 9 Feb. 2026 The company was cofounded by Thousand Fell cofounders Stuart Ahlum and Chloe Songer, along with Gilt Groupe cofounder Phong Nguyen. Rhonda Richford, Footwear News, 10 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cofounders
Noun
  • The founders, who included Altman, Sutskever, Brockman, and Elon Musk, asserted that artificial intelligence could be the most powerful, and potentially dangerous, invention in human history, and that perhaps, given the existential risk, an unusual corporate structure would be required.
    Ronan Farrow, New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2026
  • Augusta National's co-founders, Bobby Jones and Clifford Roberts, agreed.
    ABC News, ABC News, 5 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • State officials have a chance to signal that California is serious about keeping job creators here, not driving them out.
    Tom Manzo, Oc Register, 6 Apr. 2026
  • However, advanced-level creators who want to edit Raw images in a desktop app will want to use a correction profile to remove the barrel distortion the zoom shows at wide angles.
    Jim Fisher, PC Magazine, 6 Apr. 2026

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“Cofounders.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cofounders. Accessed 8 Apr. 2026.

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