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Snowflake, OpenAI Sign $200 Million Deal to Embed GPT Models in Data Cloud

The agreement makes OpenAI’s newest models available inside Snowflake across all major clouds to let enterprises build agents on governed data.

Overview

  • OpenAI models, including GPT-5.2, will be accessible natively through Snowflake Cortex AI and Snowflake Intelligence.
  • Customers can build AI agents and applications that query proprietary data using natural language without moving it outside Snowflake’s governance controls.
  • Early users such as Canva and WHOOP are piloting the integrated tools for faster analysis and decision-making.
  • The companies describe the $200 million pact as a multi-year co-innovation and go-to-market commitment, with joint engineering on Apps SDKs, AgentKit and APIs, while OpenAI offered no details beyond the press release.
  • Availability spans AWS, Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud, positioning Snowflake against rivals like Databricks and aligning with its recent Anthropic deal and governance-focused platform updates.