Snowflake Cortex Code Expands Beyond Snowflake to Support Any Data Source

Summary

Snowflake announced that Cortex Code CLI, its AI coding agent for local development environments, is expanding beyond Snowflake-native workflows to support any data source, starting with dbt and Apache Airflow (now generally available). A self-service monthly subscription is now available for teams not yet running on Snowflake, marking a significant go-to-market expansion. This follows the broader Snowflake push to make enterprise data "AI-ready by design" — continuously available, usable, and