Partnership · Enterprise Software & IT

OpenAI and Snowflake announce $200 million partnership

By Startup Enthusiast · 5 February 2026

What they do

Snowflake is a cloud data platform used by over 12,000 enterprises to store and analyse data

OpenAI and Snowflake signed a multi-year partnership valued at $200 million to integrate OpenAI models into Snowflake's platform

The deal follows Snowflake's similar $200 million agreement with Anthropic in December and OpenAI's partnership with Cerebras last month

OpenAI and Snowflake announced a multi-year partnership valued at $200 million.
OpenAI's frontier models, including GPT-5.2, will be natively available within Snowflake Cortex AI and Snowflake Intelligence.
Over 12,000 enterprise customers can build custom apps and AI agents grounded in their own data.
Users can query structured and unstructured data using natural language via Snowflake Intelligence.
Cortex AI Functions allow calling OpenAI models directly from SQL.
Snowflake's Horizon Catalog provides governance for data access, model usage, and regulatory controls.
Early adopters include Canva and WHOOP using the combined capabilities.
Teams from both companies will introduce features built on OpenAI's Apps SDK, AgentKit, and APIs.

Snowflake signed a similar $200 million multi-year agreement with Anthropic in December.
OpenAI announced a multi-year partnership with Cerebras last month.
The deal signals a race among AI companies to secure large enterprise data platform partnerships.
Both companies already use each other's products internally: Snowflake uses ChatGPT Enterprise, and OpenAI uses Snowflake for experiment tracking.

Snowflake is a cloud data platform serving over 12,000 enterprises.
It enables customers to store, analyse, and query structured and unstructured data.
Snowflake Cortex AI provides AI capabilities directly within the platform.
Snowflake Intelligence allows natural language querying of data.
Target sectors include financial services, healthcare, public sector, retail, media, and manufacturing.
Snowflake uses ChatGPT Enterprise internally for decision-making and collaboration.
OpenAI uses Snowflake for internal experiment tracking and analytics.

Teams from both companies will introduce features built on OpenAI's Apps SDK, AgentKit, and APIs.