Snowflake Partners with Anthropic for AI Development

Snowflake has announced a strategic multi-year partnership with Anthropic to integrate the latter's Claude 3.5 models into Snowflake Cortex AI, a fully managed AI service on AWS. This collaboration aims to enable global enterprises to develop efficient and trusted AI products while leveraging advanced language models for data analysis and workflow execution. The partnership reflects Snowflake's commitment to enhancing its AI development capabilities, especially following a leadership change that shifted focus toward AI. Despite existing generative AI features, Snowflake's efforts are seen as a response to competitors like Databricks, which have more established AI advancements. Analysts note that while Snowflake is making strides, it still has work to do to fully catch up in the AI space. The integration promises to enhance enterprise-grade compliance, security, and governance around AI applications.