No Priors: Artificial Intelligence | Technology | Startups Meet Snowflake Intelligence: A Personalized Enterprise Intelligence Agent with Sridhar Ramaswamy
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Nov 6, 2025 
In this engaging discussion, Sridhar Ramaswamy, CEO of Snowflake and former Google Ads executive, dives into Snowflake's transformative journey towards an AI-first approach. He introduces Snowflake Intelligence, a platform designed to empower all employees with data insights. Sridhar shares insights on fostering a culture of continuous improvement and strategic partnerships with tech giants like SAP and Microsoft. He highlights the importance of product-market fit and envisions a future where AI enhances the value of data in enterprises.
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Data Cloud Becomes AI-First Platform
- Snowflake repositioned from a data cloud to an AI-first data platform to capture the AI-driven surge in value for enterprise data.
- Sridhar argues this shift accelerates customer outcomes and brings more data into Snowflake over time.
Reorganize For Speed And Accountability
- Organize teams with straight-line accountability and small cross-functional pods to increase iteration speed.
- Prioritize rapid customer iteration over lengthy multi-layered hierarchies to win in AI-driven product cycles.
Opinionated Agentic Platform
- Snowflake Intelligence (SI) is an opinionated agentic platform focused on extracting value from structured and unstructured data.
- The product avoids general-purpose ambition and instead targets faster, trusted data-driven outcomes for many employees.