Snowflake Inc. is a cloud-native data platform company that provides a suite of services for storing, processing and analyzing large volumes of data. Its core offering, often described as the Snowflake Data Cloud, combines data warehousing, data lake and data sharing capabilities in a single managed service delivered across major public cloud providers. The platform is designed to support analytics, data engineering, data science and application workloads with a focus on scalability, concurrency and simplified administration.
Key products and capabilities include a multi-cluster, shared-data architecture that separates compute from storage; continuous data ingestion and streaming; support for structured and semi-structured data formats; tools for data governance, security and compliance; and developer frameworks for building data applications. Snowflake also operates a data marketplace and data exchange functionality to enable secure data sharing between organizations. Additional features and services—such as Snowpark for developer workflows and Snowpipe for automated ingestion—are aimed at broadening the platform’s appeal to engineers, analysts and data scientists.
Founded in 2012 by Benoit Dageville, Thierry Cruanes and Marcin Zukowski, Snowflake completed an initial public offering in 2020 and has since expanded its presence globally by running services on AWS, Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud. The company serves customers across industries including technology, finance, healthcare and retail, offering managed cloud regions and deployment options to meet regional and regulatory needs. Snowflake’s executive leadership includes CEO Frank Slootman, who has been a prominent figure in guiding the company’s strategy and growth. The company emphasizes partnerships with cloud providers and a platform approach intended to centralize enterprise data and analytics workloads.