Snow Report: What's Happening At Snowflake In April

Snowflake Inc.

Apr 13, 2026

Welcome to the April 2026 Snow Report — your monthly rundown of the latest from Snowflake. This month we're covering major product launches, recapping two landmark events, and loading you up with everything on the calendar.
In this episode:
🔹 Cortex Code is Generally Available — Now live in the Snowsight UI and available to Windows users via the CLI. Build ML pipelines, run complex analytics, and manage admin tasks using natural language — all directly inside Snowflake.
🔹 External Engine Reads for Iceberg Tables (GA) — Powered by Snowflake Horizon APIs, bi-directional interoperability with Spark and Trino is here. External engine writes are coming soon to public preview.
🔹 Event Recaps — We wrap up highlights from Snowflake Connect: AI Data Cloud (April 7) and The Agentic Enterprise (April 9), including new data showing 92% of early AI adopters are already seeing positive ROI.
Upcoming Events:
📅 April 15 — Virtual Hands-On Lab: Build Data Engineering Pipelines with Snowpark
📅 April 16 — Snowflake Connect: Analytics
📅 April 22 — Snowflake Connect: Building Transformation Pipelines for AI-Ready Data
📅 April 21–30 — Accelerate Virtual Event Series
📅 June 1–4 — Snowflake Summit 2026, San Francisco
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