Blog/Baris Gultekin

Baris Gultekin

Vice President of AI, Snowflake

Baris is Snowflake’s Vice President of AI where he is responsible for the suite of Cortex AI and machine learning capabilities, alongside driving Snowflake’s overarching AI product roadmap and strategy. Baris has built Snowflake’s AI product portfolio from the ground up since joining in 2023, and drives the development and monetization of AI products. He is passionate about working on cutting-edge AI and leveraging the technology to solve real world problems for customers. Baris joined Snowflake following its acquisition of nxyz in August 2023, where he served as the co-founder and CEO. Previously, Baris spent over a decade at Google across various product leadership roles, including serving as the co-founder of early Google Assistant — which grew from 10M to 500M monthly users during his tenure. Baris holds a M.S. in Electrical Engineering from Cornell University and an MBA from Stanford.

MAR 10, 2026AI

From Pilot to Profit: The Compelling ROI of Generative and Agentic AI

Anahita Tafvizi +1

FEB 03, 2026Product and Technology

Turning AI Innovation into Reliable, Production-Ready Applications with Snowflake

Arun Agarwal +2

DEC 09, 2025AI & ML

Snowflake Joins the Agentic AI Foundation (AAIF) to Accelerate Open Agent Standards

Baris Gultekin +1

NOV 04, 2025Product and Technology

Snowflake Brings More Intelligent, Governed AI to Enterprises

Lucy Zhu +3

SEP 26, 2025

From Insight to Action: Snowflake Ventures Invests in Elementum's Agentic AI Platform

Harsha Kapre +1

JUN 04, 2025Snowflake News

Sema4.ai's Agentic AI Comes to the AI Data Cloud with Snowflake Ventures Investment

Harsha Kapre +1

JUN 03, 2025AI & ML

Democratizing Enterprise AI: Snowflake’s New AI Capabilities Further Accelerate and Simplify Data-Driven Innovation

Baris Gultekin +2

APR 14, 2025Strategy & Insights

The Radical ROI of Gen AI

Baris Gultekin

DEC 04, 2024Strategy & Insights

Predictions 2025: Strategies to Realize the Promise of AI

Baris Gultekin

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Baris Gultekin

From Pilot to Profit: The Compelling ROI of Generative and Agentic AI

Turning AI Innovation into Reliable, Production-Ready Applications with Snowflake

Snowflake Joins the Agentic AI Foundation (AAIF) to Accelerate Open Agent Standards

Snowflake Brings More Intelligent, Governed AI to Enterprises

From Insight to Action: Snowflake Ventures Invests in Elementum's Agentic AI Platform

Sema4.ai's Agentic AI Comes to the AI Data Cloud with Snowflake Ventures Investment

Democratizing Enterprise AI: Snowflake’s New AI Capabilities Further Accelerate and Simplify Data-Driven Innovation

The Radical ROI of Gen AI

Predictions 2025: Strategies to Realize the Promise of AI

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