Snowflake makes OpenAI models directly available in its platform as part of a major new collaboration between the two companies.
Snowflake and OpenAI are entering into a $200 million collaboration, the companies announced at the Snowflake Build conference in London. The goal is to enable companies to use AI models from OpenAI directly within the Snowflake platform. Both companies are jointly developing applications that allow businesses to build AI agents that leverage their internal data.
Integration in Snowflake Cortex AI
The collaboration means that OpenAI will become one of the standard AI model suppliers within Snowflake Cortex AI. This gives more than 12,000 Snowflake customers, spread across the three major cloud environments of the American hyperscalers, access to models such as GPT-5.2. They can use these for data analysis and building context-aware AI applications and agents. Snowflake had previously entered into collaborations with other parties, such as Anthropic.
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The models are available via Snowflake Intelligence. This allows employees to use natural language to gain insights from both structured and unstructured data.
Developing together
Snowflake and OpenAI will also jointly develop new features. This includes support for OpenAI’s Apps SDK and AgentKit, focused on enterprise-oriented AI workflows. The partners emphasize building customized, secure, and scalable AI agents that are compatible with existing business applications.
Finally, Snowflake provides built-in security, data governance, and business continuity. Customers thus gain access to OpenAI’s models within a controlled environment. Data management and policy according to clear rules are Snowflake’s hobbyhorses. The collaboration should accelerate the use of AI within companies while meeting requirements around compliance and reliability.