Snowflake

Snowflake Inc. is a cloud-based data platform company founded in 2012 and headquartered in Bozeman, Montana. It offers a fully managed SaaS platform designed for scalable data warehousing, data lakes, data engineering, data science, and secure real-time data sharing. The company was established to overcome the limitations of traditional data warehousing by creating a cloud-native solution that allows for independent scaling of storage and compute resources. Since launching its first product in 2015, Snowflake has introduced several innovations, including Snowpipe for real-time data loading and the Snowflake Data Exchange for live data sharing. The company has experienced significant growth, expanding its customer base to nearly 10,000, including large enterprises like Walmart and Salesforce. Snowflake operates on major cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud, focusing on user-friendliness and enterprise-scale capabilities.