Snowflake announced major capabilities for Snowflake CoCo at the Snowflake Summit 26 event. This tool was formerly known as Cortex Code. The newly advanced Snowflake CoCo functions as an intelligent AI coding agent. It allows builders to automate workflows, develop applications, and operationalize AI using simple prompts.
The software integrates deeply with the governed data platform. Builders can now access Snowflake CoCo as a native desktop application called CoCo Desktop. Additional extensions bring the tool directly into Microsoft Excel, VS Code, and Claude Code. Users can also access the platform via mobile applications and Slackbot configurations.
Christian Kleinerman, EVP of Product at Snowflake, highlighted how the tool expands development accessibility.
“CoCo makes work for experienced developers dramatically faster and easier, and is opening the door for non-traditional builders, like analysts and data-savvy business users, to start creating pipelines, automations, and AI apps on their own. With Snowflake Datastream bringing fresh, continuously flowing data directly into Snowflake, organizations can now build and operationalize real-time AI apps without the complexity of managing separate streaming infrastructure. When building with AI becomes as simple as describing the outcome you want, the number of people who can contribute to an organization’s AI strategy increases by orders of magnitude and accelerates the shift to the agentic enterprise.”
Enterprise Adoption and Infrastructure Security
Early adopters like Fanatics, Thomson Reuters, and WHOOP utilize the platform to accelerate production. The system introduces Automations to run recurring, event-driven processes completely autonomously. Security features include a secure local sandbox to isolate environments and protect sensitive local files.
Maddy Want, VP of Data at Fanatics, explained the operational impact on engineering teams.
“At Fanatics, our data demands shift constantly, and Snowflake CoCo gives our team the speed to keep pace. Engineers who used to spend days untangling pipeline issues and modeling data can now resolve those problems in hours, freeing them to build and ship new capabilities exponentially faster. Because it’s integrated with our governed data, we’re able to turn insights into action more quickly, powering everything from audience segmentation to real-time fan engagement. CoCo is helping us accelerate innovation across the business and deliver the personalized experiences our fans and partners expect.”
Caitlin Halferty, Head of Data & Analytics at Thomson Reuters, detailed their massive data scaling efforts.
“Thomson Reuters has built its data foundation on Snowflake to create a single source of truth across 37,500+ governed tables and 350 data sources, and now Snowflake CoCo is accelerating how we build on top of that. Our teams are modernizing legacy systems, scaling AI pipelines, and delivering insights in days instead of weeks, all within a governed environment. When you can go from idea to production that fast on top of trusted data, it fundamentally changes what’s possible.”
Matt Luizzi, VP of Analytics at WHOOP, emphasized the organizational deployment of the software.
“Snowflake CoCo is becoming a core part of how we operate as a company,” said Matt Luizzi, VP of Analytics, WHOOP. “We’re rolling it out across the entire organization, not just our data team. Because it understands our data, our environment, and our governance, teams can build and automate workflows on top of trusted data without needing specialized expertise. What used to take multiple systems and manual coordination can now be done in a single, governed environment. CoCo is helping us move faster, reduce complexity, and embed AI into how work gets done every day.”
Furthermore, the company introduced Snowflake Datastream to deliver real-time data directly into tables. This fully managed service remains entirely Apache Kafka-compatible. It addresses a substantial $128 billion market opportunity in streaming data. The service removes operational complexity by completely eliminating separate streaming infrastructure. New ecosystem integrations also allow developers to generate full applications within Vercel, Retool, and Superblocks.
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