Building the Modern AI Infrastructure Stack with Cortex AI Gateway
Snowflake, Thursday, October 8th, 2026
Snowflake positions Cortex AI Gateway, now in public preview, as a control point between AI clients and enterprise systems.
Snowflake argues that the enterprise AI stack has fragmented across vector databases, monitoring, coding and embedded agents, MCP servers and a fast-changing model portfolio.
As a result, few organizations know which models are being called, by whom, what actions they take and at what cost, while restricting AI only pushes employees toward unsanctioned tools.
The company presents Cortex AI Gateway, now in public preview, as the missing control layer between AI clients and enterprise systems for governance, visibility and cost management.