Snowflake, the #1 AI Data Cloud company, has rolled out a $200 million strategic, multi, year partnership with OpenAI. The objective of this partnership is to integrate the most advanced artificial intelligence features into Snowflake’s secure data platform, thus enabling companies all over the world to create, implement, and refine AI, powered applications and agents based on their own proprietary data.
This partnership represents a significant step forward in the drive to speed up the use of enterprise, grade AI, with OpenAI models becoming an integral part of Snowflake’s AI ecosystem. According to the agreement, OpenAI’s AI capabilities, including the GPT, 5. 2 model, will be directly accessible to Snowflake’s 12, 600+ global customers through Snowflake Cortex AI and Snowflake Intelligence, thus enabling enterprises to discover new insights, automate intricate processes, and interact with their data through natural language.
Driving Innovation Where Data Lives
The partnership is organized around joint go-to-market initiatives and co-innovation projects that seek to lower the barriers to AI adoption in an enterprise setting. With AI being directly integrated into Snowflake’s platform on all major cloud providers, organizations are able to take advantage of advanced reasoning, multimodal analytics, and context-aware AI agents while still being able to enforce strong security and governance.
“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,” said Sridhar Ramaswamy, CEO, Snowflake. “Customers can now harness all their enterprise knowledge in Snowflake together with the world-class intelligence of OpenAI models, enabling them to build AI agents that are powerful, responsible, and trustworthy. Together, we’re setting a new standard for AI innovation, helping businesses transform with confidence, while maintaining strong security and compliance standards.”
“Snowflake is a trusted platform that sits at the center of how enterprises manage and activate their most critical data,” said Fidji Simo, CEO of Applications at OpenAI. “This partnership brings our advanced models directly into that environment, making it easier to deploy AI agents and apps, so businesses can close the gap between what AI is capable of and the value they can create today.”
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Customer Success Stories Highlight Impact
Early adopters are already seeing meaningful results from the combined capabilities. Helen Crossley, Head of Data Science at Canva, noted how the integration has accelerated innovation: “As our platform continues to scale, Snowflake has been foundational to how we manage and activate data, and we’re excited to explore how leveraging OpenAI models in Snowflake Cortex AI can help us extend that foundation. The ability to bridge advanced AI models with our enterprise data allows us to move quickly and test new ideas, without compromising on security or performance.”
At WHOOP, the partnership is unlocking new analytical capabilities for teams. Matt Luizzi, Senior Director of Business Analytics, WHOOP, explained: “Rolling out Snowflake Intelligence to our employees and developing Cortex Agents has provided a secure and governed way for WHOOP to analyze data and make decisions. With OpenAI’s models available directly within Snowflake Cortex AI, we can further enhance those agents with advanced reasoning and analysis, all while maintaining strong security and governance. This partnership will help us continue to make AI a practical, everyday tool for the business.”
Key Benefits for Enterprise Transformation
Under this partnership, Snowflake and OpenAI will jointly deliver capabilities that help organizations:
- Accelerate joint product innovation with new features leveraging the OpenAI Apps SDK, AgentKit, and shared APIs.
- Build interoperable AI agents that reason over governed enterprise data and execute cross-application actions.
- Democratize access to insights by enabling employees to query and interpret data with natural language, no code required.
- Ensure enterprise-ready governance and reliability with built-in continuity, disaster recovery, and compliance frameworks.
- Unlock deep multimodal AI insights across text, images, audio, and structured data using familiar tools like SQL.
A Deepening Strategic Alliance
This collaboration is an extension of the existing partnership between Snowflake and OpenAI, where Snowflake acts as a trusted platform for data analytics, experimentation, and secure AI development. At the organizational level, Snowflake also uses ChatGPT Enterprise to boost productivity and streamline workflows, enabling employees to make decisions faster with the help of AI.
