Snowflake signs $200m deal with OpenAI to offer frontier models inside data platform

Snowflake, the US-based data cloud company, has signed a multi-year partnership with OpenAI worth $200 million to integrate OpenAI’s large language models into its platform.

The agreement gives Snowflake customers access to models including GPT‑5.2 through Snowflake Cortex AI and Snowflake Intelligence, enabling them to analyse structured and unstructured data, build applications and generate insights within a secure, governed environment.

OpenAI said in a statement the partnership makes its models “one of the key model capabilities in Snowflake” and allows businesses to build “AI agents grounded in their enterprise data.”

Sridhar Ramaswamy, chief executive of Snowflake, said customers would be able to call OpenAI models directly from SQL using Snowflake Cortex AI Functions to analyse text, images and audio.

“By bringing OpenAI models to enterprise data, Snowflake enables organizations to build and deploy AI on top of their most valuable asset using the secure, governed platform they already trust,” he said.

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Fidji Simo, chief executive of applications at OpenAI, said Snowflake is “a trusted platform that sits at the center of how enterprises manage and activate their most critical data.”

The companies said customer demand for the integration is already emerging from businesses such as design platform Canva and fitness wearable maker WHOOP, and that more than 1 million business customers are using OpenAI’s models.

The Recap

• Snowflake and OpenAI formed a multi-year, $200 million partnership.
• OpenAI models like GPT‑5.2 are available inside Snowflake tools.
• Teams can call OpenAI models from SQL using Cortex Functions.