COFOUNDER Synonyms: 42 Similar and Opposite Words

cofounder

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Recent Examples of cofounder By the time Langley, Todd, and third cofounder Matt Feury entered the three-month Y Combinator startup-building program in 2017, Flock was selling its scanners to homeowners associations. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 28 Oct. 2026 Another judge, Glendon Hall, is the chairman and cofounder of the Miami Beach Black Affairs Advisory Committee. — Michael Butler, Miami Herald, 28 Oct. 2026 Even Bryn Mooser, the cofounder of Asteria—a company that brands itself as Hollywood’s ethical AI studio—is with them. — Hillary Busis, Vanity Fair, 27 Oct. 2026 Nathalie Mansueti Stratton is the cofounder of Hearth, which makes a smart whiteboard and calendar for the home. — Emma Hinchliffe, Fortune, 27 Oct. 2026 Companies need to treat every single business operation like air traffic controllers treat their surroundings, said Madhu Shashanka, cofounder of security company Concentric AI. — David Goldman, CNN Money, 23 Oct. 2026 Bellorado-Samuels began her career in the art world at the Studio Museum in Harlem before joining Jack Shainman Gallery as an assistant to cofounder Claude Simard. — Sean Santiago, Architectural Digest, 21 Oct. 2026

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The founders argue that existing air freight networks leave thousands of smaller airports largely unused for commercial cargo transportation.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 30 Oct. 2026
The symbiotic relationship between art, opera and fashion anchored a conversation between Torquil McIntosh, cofounder of Sybarite; Tian Hao Jiang, founder and artistic director of the iSing!

— Denni Hu, Footwear News, 30 Oct. 2026

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The two saw that media companies were overly reliant on social media for distribution, and that profits were flowing to the likes of Facebook rather than to the creators of content.

— Kyle Chayka, New Yorker, 26 Oct. 2026
Series creator Quinn Shephard made the very good movie Not Okay and has a strong grasp of teenage angst, so The Body seems pretty promising.

— K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 26 Oct. 2026

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