software platform

American  

noun

1. a major piece of software, as an operating system, an operating environment, or a database, under which various smaller application programs can be designed to run.

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Example Sentences

As OpenAI matures, she anticipates it will inevitably build an in-house advertising software platform to capture the spending that currently goes to third parties, Trade Desk included.

From Barron's • Mar. 6, 2026

Big Bots: OpenAI’s former chief research officer is raising $70 million for a new startup building an AI and software platform to automate manufacturing, according to people familiar with the matter.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 6, 2026

As OpenAI matures, anticipate it will inevitably build an in-house advertising software platform to capture the spend it currently cedes to third parties.

From Barron's • Mar. 6, 2026

That tension sits at the heart of Music Mogul AI, a new software platform created by veteran booking agent Brad Stewart of Stewart Entertainment in Charlotte, N.C.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 13, 2026

Even powerful vendors such as Microsoft rely on the support of third-party software developers whose tools, programs, and computer games make an underlying software platform such as Windows more attractive to the mainstream consumer.

From Free as in Freedom: Richard Stallman's Crusade for Free Software by Williams, Sam