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
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
Introducing Arctic Agentic RAG: Smarter, Faster and More Reliable AI for Enterprise
Arctic Agentic RAG — Snowflake’s next-gen AI framework for enterprise retrieval-augmented generation, delivering smarter, faster, and more reliable AI insights.
FEB 18, 2025|5 min read
SwiftKV from Snowflake AI Research Reduces Inference Costs of Meta Llama LLMs up to 75% on Cortex AI
SwiftKV optimizes Meta Llama LLMs on Snowflake Cortex AI, reducing inference costs by up to 75% while maintaining accuracy for enterprise AI solutions.
JAN 16, 2025|5 min read
