Snowflake and OpenAI partner to bring frontier intelligence to enterprise data

Key takeaways: 

• New $200 million agreement brings OpenAI frontier intelligence directly into Snowflake.
• Enterprise customers can use OpenAI within Snowflake to build AI agents and generate insights directly from their data.
• Under the partnership, OpenAI is one of the key model capabilities in Snowflake.

OpenAI and Snowflake have entered a multi-year, $200 million partnership that brings OpenAI frontier intelligence directly into Snowflake, including Snowflake Cortex AI⁠(opens in a new window) and Snowflake Intelligence⁠(opens in a new window).

Snowflake is a data and AI platform that 12,600+ companies use to build, use, and share data, applications, and AI. With Snowflake, organizations can harness the power of their data and activate AI with an AI Data Cloud that’s intuitive and easy to use, seamlessly connected for collaboration, and built with the security and governance that enterprises trust as their foundation.

Under the partnership, Snowflake customers can use OpenAI models like GPT‑5.2 with tools like Snowflake Cortex AI to build custom applications and agents grounded in their enterprise data. They can also use OpenAI within Snowflake Intelligence to ask questions in natural-language and put insights at every employee’s fingertips—automatically taking the steps needed to retrieve and analyze business data, without requiring users to write any code themselves.

“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.” 

Additionally, with Snowflake Cortex AI Functions, teams can call OpenAI models directly from SQL to analyze any kind of data. Whether it’s rows and columns, text, images, or audio, AI becomes a natural extension of the language they already know and trust.

With OpenAI and Snowflake, customers can now apply powerful reasoning, analysis, and multimodal intelligence directly to their trusted data, enabling enterprises to deploy AI faster and at greater scale worldwide.

Snowflake supports organizations across a wide range of industries—including financial services, healthcare, retail, media, manufacturing, and the public sector—helping teams in every vertical use data to run their businesses more effectively. The possibilities unlocked by this partnership are already resonating with enterprises:

“As we scale our visual AI offering on Canva, both OpenAI and Snowflake have played key roles in how we rapidly empower our users with new creative tools,” said Helen Crossley, Head of Data Science, Canva. “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.”

“Speed and precision in decision-making are critical for us as WHOOP continues to scale,” said Matt Luizzi, Senior Director of Business Analytics, WHOOP. “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.”

Moving forward, Snowflake and OpenAI teams will work closely together to bring new features that leverage OpenAI Apps SDK, AgentKit, and APIs that support shared enterprise workflows. As part of this effort, Snowflake will continue using ChatGPT Enterprise to help employees make decisions faster, streamline workflows, and collaborate more effectively. 

Snowflake extends OpenAI’s work with the world’s largest and most established enterprises, including Accenture⁠, Walmart⁠(opens in a new window), PayPal⁠(opens in a new window), Intuit,⁠ Target⁠, Thermo Fisher⁠(opens in a new window), BNY⁠, Morgan Stanley⁠, BBVA⁠, and many more. 

More than 1 million business customers around the world are directly using OpenAI—the fastest-growing business platform⁠ in history.