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In this episode of the "Data Cloud Podcast," Dana Gardner, Principal Analyst at Interarbor Solutions, sits down with Ameesh Paleja, Executive Vice President of Enterprise Platform Technology at Capital One. They explore how Capital One leverages modern data architecture, automation, and AI to improve customer interactions and experiences. The conversation delves into the importance of standardized data, the role of AI-driven personalized services, and the integration of marketing and AI strategies.

For Reza Akhavan, building Snowflake Intelligence was about more than just enabling AI agents. It was about empowering people. What started as an idea to help business users talk to their data became Snowflake Intelligence: a secure, scalable system for surfacing trusted insights from structured and unstructured data. Reza and his team didn’t just build a feature. They reimagined how businesses turn data into actions.

This edition of The Snow Report recaps some of the key announcements made at Summit 2025, including Snowflake Intelligence, Cortex AISQL, the Data Science Agent, and Adaptive Compute and Adaptive Warehouses. You'll also find user stories, tech tips, and information on upcoming events.

We’re bringing BIG updates to our AI Data Cloud, with something for everyone -- and there's a lot.

AI just got a major upgrade at! We've unveiled a suite of game-changing innovations designed to make AI on Snowflake undeniably easy, remarkably efficient, and deeply trusted. Intelligent Data Agents turning data into action Cortex AISQL supercharging SQL with AI for multimodal insights Expanded access to leading LLMs, fully governed Revolutionary ML tools to build and deploy models faster than ever.

Software Engineering Manager Reza Akhavan is leading the charge on the future of data agents for enterprise AI. In this Built spotlight, Reza shares how his team is transforming how businesses interact with their data, eliminating silos, and enabling teams to generate insights using natural language. Gain insights into the challenges faced during the development of Snowflake Intelligence, the journey from concept to first-party solution, and how this groundbreaking solution is democratizing data access for organizations worldwide.

Experience Snowflake's latest product innovations firsthand featuring live demos and in-depth technical sessions led by Snowflake users and experts at the Snowflake Summit 2025 Builder Keynote.

The Snowflake Summit 2025 Platform Keynote, led by Snowflake Co-Founder and President of Product Benoit Dageville and EVP of Product Christian Kleinerman, focused on how Snowflake's AI Data Cloud simplifies and accelerates data utilization, enabling businesses to leverage AI at scale.

Snowflake Summit is off to an incredible start with an opening keynote featuring a keynote conversation between Snowflake CEO Sridhar Ramaswamy and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, moderated by Sarah Guo, founder and managing partner of Conviction. Along with product announcements, we also heard from Lynn Martin, President of the NYSE, who joined Sridhar Ramaswamy in a compelling keynote conversation. Rounding out the exciting news, Snowflake was also named the official data collaboration partner of the Los Angeles U.S. Olympic Games.

Snowflake's Senior Product Manager Renee Huang demonstrates how to leverage Snowflake's powerful Cortex AISQL functions for advanced analytics on unstructured and structured data. Her demonstration includes a look at how to use functions such as AI_AGG, AI_CLASSIFY, AI_COMPLETE, and AI_FILTER on your data to accelerate insights. For more information, check out this blog post.

Unlock instant insights from ALL your data using agentic AI. In this demo, Snowflake's Director of Product Management Jeff Hollan shows how Snowflake Intelligence lets anyone in your enterprise use natural language to talk to data – structured, unstructured, and external. See how agents help you understand what happened and why, and even enable you to take action. Transform your data experience with Snowflake Intelligence. Easy, Connected, Trusted.

Join Snowflake's Amanda Kelly, Director of Product, to learn how data engineers can use Snowflake Openflow and dbt Projects to: FIND MORE RESOURCES: Snowflake for data engineering: Snowflake Openflow.