Can you plan to found a company?

Question

I know that you can use the word "found" in the past tense. For example:

He founded Google in 1998.

Say I plan to create/start up a new company in the future. Could I say:

I plan to found a tech company.

I know there are alternative ways to say this, but can I use the word "found" in this situation?

Michael Harvey · Answer

You can certainly use 'found' in that situation, just as you can use 'start', 'establish', 'begin', etc.
found verb (BEGIN)
B2 [ T ]
to bring something into existence:
Found (Cambridge Dictionary)

they planned to found a school of their own
Francis planned to found Fizwizz, an online retail recruitment agency
In 1147, Robert de Beaumont, 2nd Earl of Leicester planned to found a convent
They moved to Athens in 1871 where Syngros planned to found a new
bank.
He [Henry VIII] planned to found a college of canons governed by a
dean

Can you plan to found a company?

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