Snowflake, the AI Data Cloud company, introduced Snowflake for Startups, a comprehensive program designed to help emerging companies build, launch, and scale enterprise-grade AI applications. The announcement coincides with the grand opening of Snowflake’s Silicon Valley AI (SVAI) Hub, providing startups with access to cutting-edge infrastructure, mentorship, and strategic venture partnerships.
“Snowflake for Startups represents our unified commitment to empowering the next generation of builders,” said Stefan Williams, VP, Corporate Development at Snowflake. “This initiative brings together Snowflake’s most impactful programs and resources—from technology and capital to community—into one cohesive experience, providing the launchpad for innovators to build, scale and get to market faster.”
Enterprise-Grade AI, Ready to Deploy
Startups often face hurdles in building AI infrastructure, slowing innovation and diverting resources. Snowflake for Startups offers self-service access to the same enterprise-grade AI infrastructure powering products like Snowflake Intelligence. Startups can leverage dedicated inference capacity and select from a variety of frontier AI models to create secure, scalable applications and AI agents, reaching customers across the Snowflake ecosystem.
“The magic of building on Snowflake is everything we didn’t have to do. We didn’t have to build a separate AI platform or worry about core security and governance from scratch,” said Assaf Henkin, Co-Founder and CEO at Jedify. “Snowflake handles all the complex infrastructure, so we can focus entirely on delivering the contextual data layers, powered by our Semantic Fusion™ technology, enabling powerful, enterprise-grade AI applications. It’s the fastest path from an idea to a trusted product.”
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Supporting Venture-Backed Growth
Snowflake is expanding partnerships with leading venture capital firms—including Altimeter, Amplify, Blackstone, Capital One Ventures, Coatue, Greylock, ICONIQ, IVP, Madrona, Menlo, Redpoint, and Asan Nanum Foundation in APAC-Japan—to provide startups with early access to industry insights, technical expertise, and free Snowflake usage. These partnerships allow startups to compete with larger incumbents without heavy upfront investment.
“Snowflake sits at the epicenter of the AI and data revolution, giving them an unparalleled vantage point to spot emerging trends,” said Pauline Yang, Partner at Altimeter. “By working with Snowflake, we’re equipping our founders with the knowledge and tools to build secure, AI-native applications that solve customer problems from day one.”
Tools and Resources to Scale
Snowflake for Startups offers a full suite of resources to accelerate growth:
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Go-To-Market Engine: Access to 12,000+ potential customers through the Snowflake Marketplace to drive adoption and monetization.
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Snowflake Startup Accelerator: Engineering support, credits, and go-to-market guidance have helped participants launch 28 live products, with program applications increasing 304% this year.
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Snowflake Ventures: Accelerating investment pace by 30%, actively supporting early-stage startups and expanding the portfolio to over 65 companies.
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SVAI Hub Innovation Spaces: Coworking and event spaces in Menlo Park offering close proximity to VCs, AI companies, and the first cohort of a dozen startups launching next month.
“Snowflake for Startups has supported us at every stage, including through investment from Snowflake Ventures,” said Alexis Steinman, Co-CEO at Maxa. “Snowflake was the best platform to build our patent-pending reasoning and verification technology that extends generative AI to mainstream finance and business teams. Snowflake’s partnership lets us focus on our ‘secret sauce’ while delivering immediate enterprise-grade trust, scalability, and frontier capabilities.”