Explore the underlying architecture, orchestration, and system-level optimizations behind Snowflake Intelligence, a production-grade agentic AI system built for enterprise reasoning.
JUN 03, 2025|13 min read
Smaller Models, Smarter SQL: Arctic-Text2SQL-R1 Tops BIRD and Wins Broadly
A deep dive into how Snowflake AI built Arctic-Text2SQL-R1 using simple rewards, strong reasoning, and a scalable approach to real-world SQL generation.
MAY 29, 2025|14 min read
Arctic Inference with Shift Parallelism: The Fastest Open Source Inference System for Enterprise AI
Built by Snowflake AI Research, Arctic Inference uses Shift Parallelism, SwiftKV, and speculative decoding to power the fastest open-source enterprise AI.
MAY 29, 2025|15 min read
Scaling vLLM for Embeddings: 16x Throughput and Cost Reduction
Learn how we increased embedding throughput 3x in Snowflake Cortex—and 16x vs. vLLM—through smarter serialization, tokenization, and GPU optimization.
MAY 29, 2025|8 min read
Fastest Speculative Decoding in vLLM with Arctic Inference and Arctic Training
How we enhanced speculative decoding to get 4x faster end-to-end task completion for LLM agents and up to 2.8x faster decoding for conversational, interactive and coding workloads.
MAY 01, 2025|18 min read
Evaluating Multimodal vs. Text-Based Retrieval for RAG with Snowflake Cortex
Discover how multimodal retrieval on Snowflake Cortex transforms enterprise PDF search, enhancing accuracy and speed across complex document formats.
APR 21, 2025|8 min read
Low-Latency and High-Throughput Inference for Long Context with Sequence Parallelism (aka Arctic Ulysses)
Ulysses, a novel sequence parallelism technique, boosts long-context LLM inference performance with 3.4x lower latency and better GPU efficiency.
APR 03, 2025|14 min read
Think. Execute. Excel: Arctic Text2SQL with Execution-Guided CoT
Learn how Snowflake’s ExCoT optimizes Text2SQL with execution-guided CoT and DPO, setting a new benchmark in natural language to SQL accuracy.
APR 02, 2025|10 min read
Snowflake Arctic Embed Joins ArcticTraining: Simple And Scalable Embedding Model Training
Arctic Embed now merges with ArcticTraining, giving developers open access to core training code for building efficient frontier embedding models.
MAR 25, 2025|10 min read
Arctic Agentic RAG Episode 1: Agentic Query Clarification for Grounded and Speedy Responses
Discover how Arctic Agentic RAG improves AI accuracy with agentic query clarification, delivering grounded, speedy responses for enterprise AI applications.
FEB 18, 2025|9 min read
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