Snowflake

About:

Snowflake is a cloud data platform that provides a data warehouse-as-a-service designed for the cloud.

Website: https://www.snowflake.com

Twitter/X: SnowflakeDB

Top Investors: Berkshire Hathaway, Sutter Hill Ventures, Sequoia Capital, Tiger Global Management, ICONIQ Growth

Description:

Snowflake is a cloud data platform that provides a data warehouse-as-a-service designed for the cloud. The platform is built for the cloud, focusing on instant, secure, governed access to an entire network of data, and is built to enable a variety of data workloads, including a single platform for developing modern data applications. It combines the power of data warehousing, the flexibility of big data platforms, and the elasticity of the cloud at a fraction of the cost of traditional solutions. The company was co-founded by Thierry Cruanes, Marcin Zukowski, Bob Muglia, and Benoit Dageville in 2012 and is headquartered in San Mateo, California.