Observed Signal · Sep 11, 2026 · Market Signal · Source: Snowflake · Impact: 4/5
Snowflake Blog: Announcing OpenAI GPT-6 Astra on Snowflake Cortex AI
Snowflake announces OpenAI GPT-6 Astra on Snowflake Cortex AI, along with other AI/ML product updates including Grok 4.6 and Anthropic Claude Fable 5.1, and Snowflake Ventures investing in enterprise AI.
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Announcing GPT-6 Sol and Luna on Snowflake Cortex AI
Snowflake announces the availability of GPT-6 Sol and Luna on Snowflake Cortex AI, alongside other recent AI/ML product updates including Kimi K3 and Claude Opus 5.5.
Snowflake Unveils AI Tools to Put Models Next to Data
At Snowflake Summit 2026, Snowflake positioned itself as a "System of Intelligence" by introducing several AI-focused products and features designed to keep models and governance next to enterprise data. Announcements include rebranded agentic AI building blocks (CoWork, CoCo), a context layer called Cortex Sense, Cortex Agent Sharing for secure cross-account agent use, expanded support for Apache Iceberg and open data architectures, and Horizon Catalog updates that translate plain-English rules into enforceable policies. Snowflake also expanded its partnership with Anthropic to run Claude models directly inside Snowflake, enabling marketers to analyze sensitive customer data and generate insights without exporting data to external platforms.
Snowflake Expands Intelligence and Cortex Code
Snowflake announced major updates to Snowflake Intelligence and Cortex Code to position its platform as the control plane for the agentic enterprise. Snowflake Intelligence is extended as a personalized, context-aware work agent for business users with features such as natural-language 'Skills', Model Context Protocol (MCP) connectors to enterprise tools, an iOS mobile app (public preview), multi-step 'deep research' reports, personalization, and reusable 'Artifacts'. Cortex Code is expanded as a builder layer with broader data-system support (AWS Glue, Databricks, Postgres), integrations to other AI systems via MCP and Agent Communication Protocol (ACP), a VS Code extension (private preview), a Claude Code plugin, an Agent SDK (Python and TypeScript), and Cloud Agents in Snowsight (private preview). Snowflake cites more than 9,100 weekly users of its AI products and customers including Capita, Logitech, Telenav, United Rentals and Wolfspeed moving AI into production on its governed data platform.
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