Snowflake Cortex AI

Snowflake Cortex AI is a comprehensive AI platform integrated into the Snowflake Data Cloud that enables businesses to analyze unstructured data, build conversational agentic applications, and access industry-leading large language models (LLMs) directly within Snowflake’s secure perimeter. It supports multimodal data processing including text, images, audio, and video, and provides SQL functions and APIs to build generative AI applications, data agents, and machine learning workflows. Cortex AI features include Cortex AI SQL functions, Cortex Analyst for natural language to SQL conversion, Cortex Search for semantic search, and Cortex Agents for orchestrating AI workflows. The platform emphasizes unified governance, security, and observability, allowing enterprises to deploy AI confidently at scale. Pricing is consumption-based, primarily token-based, with detailed cost monitoring and management tools available.