Rajhans Samdani

Rajhans Samdani

Principal Software Engineer, Snowflake

Rajhans has been doing applied research in NLP for 15 years. He has led ML and NLP teams at 2 startups (Neeva and AtSpoke) after working as a research scientist at Google. He has a PhD from University of Illinois and a bachelor’s from IIT Bombay.

If You're Serious About Data Analysis, You Need a Semantic Model

Convince data and analytics leaders that a semantic model is no longer optional for reliable, governed analytics at scale, and position Snowflake Semantic Views as the practical, unified solution that converges BI and AI workflows.

Rajhans Samdani

MAR 26, 2026|5 min read

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Product and Technology

The Agent Context Layer for Trustworthy Data Agents

Learn how the next generation of AI success depends on an Agent Context Layer, a sophisticated blend of semantic models, ontologies and operational playbooks, to move beyond simple "talk to your data" demos and into trustworthy, enterprise-grade agentic analytics.

Rajhans Samdani

MAR 19, 2026|11 min read

Cortex Agents: Unifying Data Insights with Snowflake

Snowflake's Cortex Agents unify structured analytics and unstructured search, offering a seamless experience for complex data queries.

Himabindu Pucha

Rajhans Samdani

APR 09, 2025|7 min read

Long-Context Isn't All You Need: Impact of Retrieval and Chunking on Finance RAG

Retrieval and chunking strategies remain crucial for accurate AI-generated financial insights, even with long-context LLMs. Learn about key RAG optimizations.

Rajhans Samdani

MAR 11, 2025|15 min read

Evaluating and Optimizing Search Quality: Seamlessly Tune Your Snowflake Cortex Search Service with an LLM Judge

Improve search quality effortlessly with LLMs. Discover how Snowflake’s Cortex Search leverages AI to fine-tune retrieval & ranking — without costly manual tuning.

Rajhans Samdani

MAR 04, 2025|17 min read

Fine-Tuning Improves the Performance of Meta’s Code Llama on SQL Code Generation

Fine-Tuning Improves the Performance of Meta’s Code Llama on SQL Code Generation

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Rajhans Samdani

AUG 25, 2023|8 min read