Observed Signal · Feb 23, 2026 · Product Launch · Source: https://martechseries.com/feed/ · Impact: 3/5 · Sentiment: Positive
Snowflake Cortex Code Now Supports Any Data Source!
Snowflake announced that Cortex Code CLI, its AI coding agent for local development, is expanding beyond Snowflake-native workflows to support any data source across systems, beginning with dbt and Apache Airflow (now generally available). The update brings context-aware AI assistance into popular data engineering tools, expanded model choice (including Claude Opus 4.6 and OpenAI GPT-5.2), and new administrative controls and governance. Snowflake also introduced a standalone subscription for Cortex Code CLI that operates independently of Snowflake compute and consumption, enabling teams to adopt the tool without an existing Snowflake deployment. Snowflake reported strong adoption since Cortex Code’s November 2025 launch, citing over 4,400 new users. Customer quotes (Braze, evolv Consulting) highlight productivity and time-savings gains from the tool’s context-aware capabilities.
Expands AI-assisted development across popular data engineering tools and introduces a standalone subscription, lowering adoption barriers for developer teams and potentially accelerating AI-driven data workflows across organizations.
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Key Takeaways & Evidence Grounding
- Snowflake expanded Cortex Code CLI to support non‑Snowflake data sources, starting with dbt and Apache Airflow (now generally available).
- Cortex Code CLI now allows customers to select models including Claude Opus 4.6 and OpenAI GPT-5.2.
- Snowflake introduced a standalone subscription plan for Cortex Code CLI that is independent of Snowflake compute and consumption.
- Snowflake reported Cortex Code adoption of over 4,400 new users since its November 2025 launch.
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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.
Snowflake Unveils AI Tools to Put Models Next to Data
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Dataiku Launches Cobuild on Snowflake
Dataiku announced Cobuild on Snowflake, an integrated solution that converts natural-language business intent into governed, production-ready AI agents and visual workflows inside the Snowflake AI Data Cloud. The integration pairs Snowflake Cortex AI — which provides native access to foundation models — with Dataiku’s orchestration and agentic builder to let Global 2000 customers build, inspect, validate, and govern AI workflows natively on Snowflake. Dataiku and Snowflake say hundreds of joint customers can immediately use the offering; the release emphasizes enterprise governance, transparency, and cost controls for operationalizing AI at scale. Executives quoted include Dataiku CEO Florian Douetteau and Baris Gultekin, VP of AI at Snowflake. Publication date: 2026-05-18.
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