cofounder

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Recent Examples of cofounder Prior to joining Deckers, Martinez was cofounder of Keen LLC, and served as its president, CEO and vice chairman from April 2003 to March 2005. Stephen Garner, Footwear News, 22 Oct. 2025 The letter’s more notable signatories include AI pioneer and Nobel laureate Geoffrey Hinton, other AI luminaries such as Yoshua Bengio and Stuart Russell, as well as business leaders such as Virgin cofounder Richard Branson and Apple cofounder Steve Wozniak. Beatrice Nolan, Fortune, 22 Oct. 2025 Over 850 people, including tech leaders like Virgin Group founder Richard Branson and Apple cofounder Steve Wozniak, signed a statement published Wednesday calling for a pause in the development of superintelligence. Dylan Butts, CNBC, 22 Oct. 2025 As a Boy Scout, Ministry of Supply cofounder and president Gihan Amarasiriwardena fed Mylar through a paper shredder to improvise insulation for his sleeping bag. Khanh T.l. Tran, USA Today, 21 Oct. 2025 In this op-ed, Andrew Hessel, cofounder of the Human Genome Project–write, argues that genome writing is humanity’s next great moonshot, outlining how DNA synthesis could transform biology, medicine, and industry. Big Think, 20 Oct. 2025 Kelly, cofounder of Alliance of Moms, shared a reflection of the event on her Instagram, which included several snaps of Meghan and Prince Harry. Raven Brunner, PEOPLE, 19 Oct. 2025 Michael Yarinsky, cofounder of AD PRO Directory design firm Office of Tangible Space, helped curate the show as part of his dinner party series and forthcoming book A New Futurist Cookbook, and describes this style of glassware as a return to craft. Emily Johnson, Architectural Digest, 18 Oct. 2025 Establishing and respecting boundaries is key Tracy Foster is the cofounder and executive director of Screen Sanity, a nonprofit that helps families and communities pursue digital health. Don Riddell, CNN Money, 18 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cofounder
Noun
  • Konstantin Sokolov is the founder of a private equity firm focused on tech, finance and infrastructure, a major shareholder in Armenia’s largest telecom company and the chairman of an undersea cable initiative to carry energy and telecommunications between Africa and Europe.
    Melanie Hicken, CNN Money, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Oprah then suggested the name to the bookstore’s founders.
    Erin Hill, PEOPLE, 24 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • While sympathetic to conservative institutional media, federal law agencies did not often make moves based on posts from the nascent right wing creator class.
    Max Tani, semafor.com, 27 Oct. 2025
  • Some figures within the music industry have already spoken out about how AI giants are failing to compensate creators properly, with music legend Paul McCartney urging governments to legislate to ensure human musicians get their due.
    PC Magazine, PC Magazine, 26 Oct. 2025

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“Cofounder.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cofounder. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.

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