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Platform Engineering

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Business professionals analyzing holographic data streams around cloud servers, illustrating a shift in cloud computing budget allocation towards platform roles.
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Companies Shift Cloud Computing Budgets to Platform Roles Amid SaaS Concerns

On August 26, 2026, OpenAI will retire its Assistants API and the Azure OpenAI Assistants API (Preview, classic), signaling a rapid shift in cloud computing budget allocation.

Sophie Laurent·September 2, 2026
A visual representation of platform engineering as a central, stable product infrastructure supporting diverse software development teams.
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What is Platform Engineering as Product Infrastructure in Software Development?

By 2026, 80 percent of software engineering organizations are predicted to have dedicated platform teams building Internal Developer Platforms (IDPs), according to Humanitec .

Sophie Laurent·July 31, 2026
Futuristic cityscape with AI agent coordination and model portfolio management interfaces, representing the future of platform engineering skills.
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Platform Engineer Hiring Skills for 2026

By 2026, a platform engineer's core responsibilities will include coordinating fleets of autonomous AI agents and managing diverse model portfolios, marking a significant shift from today's infrastruc

Sophie Laurent·May 12, 2026