Snowflake, a cloud-based data platform, announced a significant $200 million enterprise deal with AI research lab Anthropic at the beginning of December. This collaboration will create novel, Snowflake-ready AI agents and other advanced AI products to augment the existing impressiveness of Snowflake’s expansive platform. Now Snowflake is partnering with Anthropic. Together, they are working to provide enterprises with the ability to harness powerful, generative AI models built upon their proprietary data.
Baris Gultekin, Snowflake’s vice president of AI, emphasized the company’s commitment to offering flexibility in AI provider choices. He stated, “Our partnership with OpenAI is a multi-year commercial commitment focused on reliability, performance, and real customer usage. At the same time, we remain intentionally model-agnostic. Enterprises need choice, and we do not believe in locking customers into a single provider.” This is because Snowflake really does prioritize an open ecosystem. Through our platform, clients have the freedom to run any AI model that best aligns with their specific needs.
Beyond its partnership with Anthropic, Snowflake has worked with OpenAI, as well as other top model providers. This partnership empowers customers to tap their enterprise intelligence in Snowflake while leveraging OpenAI’s cutting-edge generative intelligence. According to Sridhar Ramaswamy, CEO of Snowflake, “By bringing OpenAI models to enterprise data, Snowflake enables organizations to build and deploy AI on top of their most valuable asset using the secure, governed platform they already trust.”
Snowflake’s approach is indicative of a larger trend occurring among enterprises as they are looking to deepen partnerships with several AI companies. In January, ServiceNow revealed that it had entered into multi-year agreements with OpenAI and Anthropic. This action is illustrative of the growing competitive nature of the race in AI world.
Alongside our recent announcement, we’re working with Anthropic to bring their LLMs into our platform. Together, this collaboration will provide our shared customers the tools they need to create transformative AI applications. Snowflake’s clients will have access to the very best models from all the leading providers including OpenAI and Anthropic. This empowers them to develop AI agents that are not only mighty but ethical in their capabilities.
Snowflake is committed to fostering an environment where customers can explore various AI solutions without being restricted to a single vendor. This model-agnostic approach is desirable and perhaps even necessary in our rapidly changing, technology-driven world. Enterprises are looking for proven AI solutions that fit their specific requirements. Snowflake is positioning itself as a not-so-secret weapon of agility and flexibility, framing the whole thing around customer choice.
