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cofounder

American  
[koh-faun-der] / koʊˈfaʊn dər /
Or co-founder

noun

  • cofounders
    plural
  1. a person who founds or establishes something with another.


Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms


Etymology

Origin of cofounder

First recorded in 1595–1605; co- + founder 1


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“The next Netflix or the next Disney is going to come out of AI this time,” said Nate Tepper, cofounder of TrueShort.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2026

Jack Clark, cofounder of Anthropic, said in his newsletter this week that full recursive self-improvement will likely arrive in 2027, not 2028.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026

Blau is a cofounder of Myoforte/Epirium and holds equity and stock options in the company.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 6, 2026

This week: The new book Money to Burn goes deep on private-equity behemoth Apollo Global Management and its billionaire cofounder and former CEO, Leon Black.

From Slate ● Sep. 12, 2026

Dan didn’t recognize Steve Wozniak, the cofounder of Apple Computer.

From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel

"A particularly hair-raising moment was when my cofounders asked, 'If you have control, what happens when you die?' He said something like '...maybe it should pass to my children.'"

From BBC ● May 12, 2026

Koyeb’s 16 engineers, including the startup’s three cofounders, will join in March, Mistral said Tuesday.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 18, 2026

At the time, Apple’s cofounders, he added, were “putting everything on the line.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 13, 2026

“We are relieved and overjoyed to continue helping the many women who come to our clinic seeking help,” said Dede Chism and Abby Sinnett, mother-and-daughter cofounders of Bella Health and Wellness.

From Washington Times ● Oct. 23, 2023

LTS Investments is the holding company and investment office that oversees the family fortunes of 3G Capital cofounders Jorge Paulo Lemann, Marcel Telles and Carlos Alberto Sicupira.

From Reuters ● Jul. 27, 2021

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