Snowflake

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Updated Aug 5, 2026

Overview

Snowflake is a publicly traded enterprise software company providing the AI Data Cloud: a governed, cross-cloud platform for data warehousing, data engineering, analytics, applications, data sharing and AI. Its platform separates storage and compute and supports workloads across major public clouds.

Primary product

Snowflake AI Data Cloud platform, including Snowflake Data Cloud/warehouse, Cortex AI, Snowflake Intelligence, Cortex Code, Marketplace, data sharing and application capabilities.

Founded

2012

Headquarters

135 Constitution Drive, Menlo Park, California 94025, United States

Team size

8,000–10,000+; Snowflake's public About page says more than 10,000 employees, while third-party company-profile data reports 8,684.

Work style

Hybrid

Industry

Enterprise software / cloud computing

Sub-industry

Cloud data platform, data warehousing, analytics and enterprise AI

Offices

Menlo Park, California (HQ)

Bellevue, Washington

New York, New York

Denver, Colorado

Boston, Massachusetts

Atlanta, Georgia

McLean, Virginia

Dublin, California

Chicago, Illinois

Toronto, Ontario

Business model

Consumption-based cloud software

Usage-based data storage and compute

Enterprise subscriptions and capacity contracts

Data Marketplace and ecosystem partnerships

Professional services

Funding

Stage

Public company; IPO completed in 2020

Total raised

$1.6B

Latest round

Series G · Feb 2020

Latest amount

$479M

IPO

Sep 2020 · Public market investors

$3.4B

Series G

Feb 2020 · Dragoneer Investment Group; Salesforce Ventures

$479M

Series F

Oct 2018 · Sequoia Capital

$450M

Series E

Jan 2018 · Altimeter Capital; Sequoia Capital; ICONIQ Growth

$270M

Series D

Sep 2017 · Capital One Ventures

$5M

Series C

Jun 2015

$45M

Series B

Oct 2014 · Redpoint Ventures; Wing Venture Capital

$26M

Series A

Aug 2012 · Sutter Hill Ventures

$5M

Seed

Feb 2012 · Sutter Hill Ventures

People & investors

Leadership

Sridhar Ramaswamy

Chief Executive Officer

Brian Robins

Chief Financial Officer

Jonathan Beaulier

Chief Revenue Officer

Benoit Dageville

Co-founder and Board Member

Thierry Cruanes

Co-founder and Board Member

Marcin Zukowski

Co-founder and Board Member

Investors

Altimeter Capital

Capital One Ventures

Dragoneer Investment Group

Work & culture

Snowflake describes a customer-first, collaborative, ambitious and inclusive culture built around values including integrity, excellence, ownership, getting things done, continuous improvement and embracing differences. Careers materials emphasize high-impact work, innovation and active hiring across locations.

Work style

Hybrid

Visa sponsorship

Limited

Compensation

Public evidence indicates competitive enterprise-tech compensation combining base salary, annual bonus and liquid RSU equity; exact pay varies substantially by role, level, geography and job posting. Third-party H-1B data indicates Snowflake sponsors qualifying roles, but sponsorship is not universal.

Benefits

Medical, dental and vision coverage

Benefits for employees and eligible family members

401(k) plan

Equity/RSU compensation

Performance bonus programs

Paid time off

Professional development and university recruiting programs

Product & market

Pricing

Primarily usage/consumption based, with charges driven by compute, storage and data-transfer usage; enterprise capacity contracts and editions are also available. Snowflake offers a free trial and publishes pricing options.

Differentiators

—Independent scaling of storage and compute
—Cross-cloud and cross-region architecture
—Governed data sharing without traditional copying
—Unified data, analytics, applications and AI platform
—Elastic consumption model
—Large Marketplace and partner ecosystem
—Enterprise security, governance and interoperability
—Cortex and agentic-AI capabilities built close to governed enterprise data

Technology

SQL

Cloud-native distributed systems

AWS

Microsoft Azure

Google Cloud Platform

Snowflake Cortex AI

Snowflake Intelligence

Cortex Code

Snowflake Postgres

Apache Iceberg

Data sharing

Data Marketplace

Machine learning and LLM integrations

Customers

Capital One

Thomson Reuters

Toyota Motor Europe

United Rentals

BlackRock

Canva

Siemens

813 Forbes Global 2000 customers as of April 30, 2026

Competitors

Databricks

Amazon Web Services

Microsoft Azure Synapse

Google BigQuery

Oracle

Teradata

Cloudera

Scale & contact

Estimated revenue

Approximately $4.5B–$5.0B annual revenue/product-revenue scale; FY2026 product revenue was $4.47B and FY2027 product-revenue guidance was $5.84B.

Signals & risks

Acquisition

Snowflake acquired or announced acquisitions including Crunchy Data, Observe, TensorStax and Natoma to expand Postgres, observability, data engineering and AI-agent capabilities; integration and execution are stated risk factors.

Source

Layoff

Mar 2026

Snowflake confirmed targeted staff cuts as part of internal changes. Media reports said technical-writing and documentation roles were affected and estimated approximately 70 workers, although Snowflake did not disclose a number.

Source

Other

Jan 2026

Snowflake's filings identify competition, cybersecurity, privacy, AI adoption, consumption optimization and acquisition integration as material business risks.

Source

Latest news

Snowflake targets AI agent adoption with AWS deal, acquisition

CIO Dive · May 2026

Coverage of Snowflake's planned $6B AWS infrastructure commitment and Natoma acquisition as part of its enterprise-agent strategy.

Snowflake Q1 FY2027 Earnings Release

SEC filing / Snowflake · May 2026

Q1 product revenue was $1.33B and total revenue $1.39B; Snowflake expanded its AWS relationship, announced Natoma acquisition plans and raised FY2027 product-revenue guidance to $5.84B.

Snowflake's AI Data Cloud corporate overview

Snowflake Investor Relations · Apr 2026

The company reported $9.21B remaining performance obligations, 813 Forbes Global 2000 customers, 779 $1M+ customers and 126% net revenue retention.

Snowflake makes cuts as part of targeted adjustments

Business Insider · Mar 2026

Snowflake confirmed targeted staff reductions; reporting indicated roughly 70 technical-writing/documentation workers may have been affected.

Snowflake Reports Financial Results for the Fourth Quarter and Full-Year of Fiscal 2026

Business Wire / Snowflake · Feb 2026

Snowflake reported FY2026 product revenue of $4.47B, 30% quarterly product-revenue growth, 733 $1M+ customers and acquisitions including Observe and TensorStax.

Jobs and careers at Snowflake

345 jobs at Snowflake

Senior Social Media Manager, Developer Community

On-site

Marketing

US-CA-Menlo Park; Menlo Park, California, United States

Today

On-site

Full-time