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Snowflake

Snowflake is a publicly traded cloud data platform company that stores and processes enterprise data and has added AI tools, including access to outside models, for querying and building applications on that data.

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What it does

Snowflake is a publicly traded cloud data platform company that stores and processes enterprise data and has added AI tools, including access to outside models, for querying and building applications on that data.

Why it matters

Snowflake announced $200 million multi-year partnerships with both OpenAI (February 2026) and Anthropic (December 2025) to bring their models into its Cortex AI platform, positioning Snowflake as a distribution channel connecting enterprise data to foundation-model providers.

How it makes money

Snowflake makes money through consumption-based pricing, charging customers for the data storage and computing resources they use on its platform.

Geography

United States (Bozeman, Montana)

AI stack position

AI infrastructure software. The tools developers use to build, train, deploy and manage AI systems: the software layer that sits between raw computing power and a finished AI product.

Competitors

Connections (5)

Every connection below is tied to a readable source, date, classification and statement of its limits. A company source establishes what that company stated; it does not necessarily provide independent confirmation.

Current relationships (2)

SpaceXAI (formerly xAI) distributes Grok models through Snowflake
Publishes throughCurrent
Snowflake said on September 3, 2026 that Grok 4.6 is in public preview on Snowflake Cortex AI, available through Cortex AI Functions and Cortex Inference.

Source: 2026-09-03 · reviewed 2026-09-24

Evidence: Primary-source statement · Reported operating

Limits: Public preview, not general availability. The post does not disclose commercial terms, where inference runs, customer volumes, or how long the arrangement lasts.

Grok 4.6 Now Available on Snowflake Cortex AI ↗
Meta Platforms distributes Llama models through Snowflake
Publishes throughCurrent
Snowflake said Meta's Llama 4 Maverick and Llama 4 Scout models could be accessed inside the Snowflake perimeter on Cortex AI, available in preview through SQL functions and REST endpoints.

Source: 2025-04-05 · reviewed 2026-09-24

Evidence: Primary-source statement · Reported operating

Limits: Describes preview availability in April 2025. It does not establish general availability today, commercial terms between the companies, usage levels, or that Snowflake carries later Llama releases.

Meta's Llama 4 Large Language Models now available on Snowflake Cortex AI ↗

Dated or announced (2)

Snowflake integrates models from OpenAI
Partners withDated / announced
Snowflake and OpenAI established a $200 million multi-year agreement, reported in February 2026, to integrate OpenAI models such as GPT-5.2 into Snowflake Cortex AI for joint enterprise customers.

Source: 2026-02-02 · reviewed 2026-09-20

Evidence: Secondary reporting (unconfirmed by primary parties) · Announced

Limits: This confirms the reported deal size and product integration; it does not prove exclusivity or disclose usage volumes flowing through the partnership since it was announced.

Snowflake, OpenAI ink $200 million multi-year partnership ↗
Snowflake integrates models from Anthropic
Partners withDated / announced
Snowflake and Anthropic announced a multi-year, $200 million partnership on December 3, 2025 to make Claude models available through Snowflake Cortex AI to Snowflake's enterprise customers.

Source: 2025-12-03 · reviewed 2026-09-20

Evidence: Primary-source statement · Announced

Limits: This confirms the announced deal size and product integration as jointly stated by both companies; it does not disclose actual customer usage volumes or prove the partnership is exclusive.

Snowflake and Anthropic Announce $200 Million Partnership to Bring Agentic AI to Global Enterprises ↗

Comparisons (1)

Databricks competes with in data platforms Snowflake
Competes withComparison only
Databricks' CEO has publicly referred to Snowflake as Databricks' 'main rival' in coverage of a 2023 funding round in which Snowflake's top customer, Capital One, also invested in Databricks.

Source: 2023-09-14 · reviewed 2026-09-20

Evidence: Analytical comparison · Reported operating

Limits: This reflects an on-record executive characterization of rivalry and industry framing of both companies as competing data/AI platforms; it does not measure current relative market share or prove customers choose exclusively between the two.

Databricks raises $500 million with backing from rival Snowflake's top client ↗

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