developer
noun
de·vel·op·er
di-ˈve-lə-pər 
dē-
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the developer of software that is used the world over
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The group has backed leading AI model developers such as OpenAI, as well as application-level startups like OpusClip, a generative-AI video-editing platform, and Tempus AI, which applies machine learning to precision medicine.
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Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 5 Nov. 2025
The developer at the 145th Street project was providing real and meaningful housing and the deal just did not go through.
—Kim Velsey, Curbed, 5 Nov. 2025
Top news OpenAI taps AWS Amazon shares closed at a record high Monday after OpenAI agreed to buy $38 billion worth of AWS capacity in a fresh sign that the ChatGPT developer is no longer dependent on Microsoft.
—Diane Brady, Fortune, 4 Nov. 2025
Russian President Vladimir Putin has given state awards to the developers of the Burevestnik cruise missile and the Poseidon underwater torpedo, the latest signal in what analysts have cast as efforts by the Kremlin to discourage the West from supporting Ukraine.
—Christian Edwards, CNN Money, 4 Nov. 2025
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Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 5 Nov. 2025
The developer at the 145th Street project was providing real and meaningful housing and the deal just did not go through.
—Kim Velsey, Curbed, 5 Nov. 2025
Top news OpenAI taps AWS Amazon shares closed at a record high Monday after OpenAI agreed to buy $38 billion worth of AWS capacity in a fresh sign that the ChatGPT developer is no longer dependent on Microsoft.
—Diane Brady, Fortune, 4 Nov. 2025
Russian President Vladimir Putin has given state awards to the developers of the Burevestnik cruise missile and the Poseidon underwater torpedo, the latest signal in what analysts have cast as efforts by the Kremlin to discourage the West from supporting Ukraine.
—Christian Edwards, CNN Money, 4 Nov. 2025
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developer
noun
de·vel·op·er
di-ˈvel-ə-pər
: one that develops: as
a
: a chemical used to develop exposed photographic materials
b
: a person who develops real estate
especially
: one who divides land and builds and sells houses on it
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