Snowflake and OpenAI have entered into a multi-year $200 million partnership to offer advanced AI model capabilities to enterprise customers, aiming to accelerate the deployment of AI agents across global businesses.
Under the agreement, OpenAI models will be made natively available to Snowflake’s 12,600 customers through Snowflake Cortex AI across all three major cloud platforms. The partnership also includes joint product development and go-to-market efforts focused on enterprise AI use cases.
“By bringing OpenAI models to enterprise data, Snowflake enables organisations to build and deploy AI on top of their most valuable asset using the secure, governed platform they already trust,” said Sridhar Ramaswamy, CEO of 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.”
OpenAI models, including GPT-5.2, will be accessible within Snowflake Intelligence, an enterprise intelligence agent that allows employees to query and act on organisational data using natural language. Snowflake said the integration will help enterprises deploy context-aware AI applications while maintaining governance and compliance.
“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.”
Global customers such as Canva and WHOOP are expected to use OpenAI models within Snowflake to build AI-driven tools. Canva said the integration would help it test and scale new ideas without compromising security, while WHOOP said it would enhance internal decision-making using governed AI agents.
The companies said the partnership will support the development of custom AI agents that can reason over enterprise data and take action across applications. Snowflake highlighted its 99.99% uptime service-level agreement and governance tools as key to ensuring enterprise reliability.
The collaboration also expands an existing relationship between the two companies. OpenAI already uses Snowflake for experiment tracking and analytics, while Snowflake uses ChatGPT Enterprise internally to support employee productivity.
The companies said the partnership aims to close the gap between AI capabilities and practical enterprise adoption, with a focus on secure deployment at scale.
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