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Core Platform

A Deep Dive into Envoy at Snowflake

We’re thrilled to announce that the migration to Envoy Proxy is now complete across ~50 supported regions. Read more on our journey.
APR 11, 2025|17 min read
Core Platform

SnowConvert Extends Support to Azure Synapse and Enhances More Capabilities

Snowflake expands SnowConvert to ease migrations with support for Azure Synapse and other capabilities — making cloud transitions easier than ever.
APR 10, 2025|7 min read
Gen AI

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.
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APR 09, 2025|7 min read
Gen AI

Low-Latency and High-Throughput Inference for Long Context with Sequence Parallelism (aka Arctic Ulysses)

Ulysses, a novel sequence parallelism technique, boosts long-context LLM inference performance with 3.4x lower latency and better GPU efficiency.
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APR 03, 2025|14 min read
Gen AI

Think. Execute. Excel: Arctic Text2SQL with Execution-Guided CoT

Learn how Snowflake’s ExCoT optimizes Text2SQL with execution-guided CoT and DPO, setting a new benchmark in natural language to SQL accuracy.
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APR 02, 2025|10 min read
Core Platform

Snowflake Introduces SQL Spread Operator (**)

Snowflake's new SQL spread operator (**) simplifies query writing, boosts performance and enhances security when working with dynamic SQL inputs.
APR 01, 2025|3 min read
Gen AI

Agentic Semantic Model Improvement: Elevating Text-to-SQL Performance

Discover how Snowflake’s agentic system enhances semantic models for text-to-SQL, reducing manual work and improving SQL query accuracy.
MAR 31, 2025|7 min read
Data Engineering

Pruning for Iceberg: 90% of an Iceberg Is Underwater

Learn how Snowflake optimizes Apache Iceberg table performance through advanced data pruning techniques across Parquet file layers.
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MAR 26, 2025|7 min read
Gen AI

Snowflake Arctic Embed Joins ArcticTraining: Simple And Scalable Embedding Model Training

Arctic Embed now merges with ArcticTraining, giving developers open access to core training code for building efficient frontier embedding models.
MAR 25, 2025|10 min read

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