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Snowflake's AI Pivot: Bookings Accelerate Beyond Expectations
6 Dec
Summary
- Snowflake's RPO growth accelerated to 37% YoY, its strongest in over two years.
- A partnership with Anthropic positions Snowflake as an enterprise AI control plane.
- AI revenue has reached a $100 million run rate, influencing half of new bookings.
Snowflake Inc. is showing signs of accelerating growth, with its recent financial results revealing a notable increase in its remaining performance obligations (RPO). While product revenue saw a 29% year-over-year rise, the 37% RPO growth marks the company's strongest bookings acceleration in over two years. This surge is driven by large, multi-year enterprise deals, indicating a strategic shift in customer commitments.
The company's transformation from a cloud data warehouse to an enterprise AI control plane is central to this renewed momentum. A key partnership with Anthropic, embedding Claude models within Snowflake's secure environment, provides a distinct advantage, especially for regulated industries. This architecture is already processing trillions of tokens monthly, demonstrating early AI traction.
Early AI monetization efforts are exceeding expectations, contributing to a $100 million revenue run rate and influencing a substantial portion of new bookings. Despite lingering questions about AI-specific margins, the combination of accelerating bookings and a fortified governance moat suggests Snowflake's market valuation may not yet reflect its AI-driven repositioning and future potential.
