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Snowflake LLC, a leader in the Data Cloud, announced that Snowflake Intelligence is now available in Japan. This new AI platform allows businesses to ask data questions using natural language. This is an important step in making AI more accessible. It will help businesses in Japan make quicker decisions based on data.
Snowflake Intelligence is an enterprise tool. It helps employees ask complex data questions using natural language. The system rapidly retrieves insights across both structured and unstructured data sources, hence allowing organizations not only to understand the “what” but also the critical “why” behind their business problems. In just the last three months, over 1,000 Snowflake customers around the world have leveraged Snowflake Intelligence to build and deploy more than 15,000 AI agents within their organizations-a testament to the recent trend in the adoption of enterprise AI.
Christian Kleinerman, Senior Vice President of Products at Snowflake, said:
Snowflake Intelligence is a game changer. It makes AI accessible, allowing employees to make quicker and smarter decisions. This change transforms how organizations innovate.
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How Snowflake Intelligence Works
Business questions often get stuck. Data spreads out across spreadsheets, emails, apps, and dashboards. This causes issues. Snowflake Intelligence makes this easy. It brings all data sources together on one platform. This lets employees securely access the answers they need easily.
Key features of Snowflake Intelligence include:
NLP: Users can ask questions in plain language. They don’t need special SQL skills or programming.
Data Unification: It combines structured and unstructured data. It includes third-party apps like Salesforce Data 360. They use zero-copy technology.
Powerful AI Models: The platform uses top AI providers like Anthropic. It guarantees accurate answers, similar to those from a human, even for tough questions.
Real-time insights: Snowflake Intelligence text-to-SQL engine processes queries as fast as threefold compared to traditional methods.
Custom Multi-Agent Deployment: With Cortex Agents, organizations can create custom AI agents and manage integrations of third-party AI via the managed MCP server.
Data Governance and Security: Enterprise-ready compliance ensures sensitive information remains protected while enabling comprehensive AI analysis.
Implications for Japanese Businesses
Japanese companies feel the heat to stay competitive. Global rivals are closing in, and digital transformation is speeding up. To gain an edge, they’re turning to data and AI integration. Snowflake Intelligence has launched in Japan at the perfect moment. It helps companies turn insights into action fast.
With Snowflake Intelligence, enterprises in Japan can gain numerous benefits:
Snowflake Intelligence offers key advantages for Japanese businesses:
Faster Decisions: Snowflake Intelligence helps you access complex data quickly. This lets organizations respond quickly to market changes and operational issues.
Boosted Productivity Across Teams: By enabling non-technical staff to use AI agents, data teams can concentrate on important work. This helps drive business value.
Competitive Edge: Real-time data insights help companies boost their operations. They find new business opportunities. They also boost innovation in fields like manufacturing, finance, and retail.
Simplified AI Adoption: Snowflake Intelligence lets you manage data using natural language. This makes it easier to adopt a data-driven culture in your company.
Ryuji Ukita, President and CEO of Snowflake Japan emphasized:
“Leveraging data and AI is the key for Japanese companies to strengthen their competitiveness. Snowflake Intelligence intuitively allows users to access structured and unstructured data, which accelerates AI-driven decision-making and business transformation for companies of all sizes.”
Broader Industry Impact
Deployment of Snowflake Intelligence will likely transform Japan’s tech ecosystem and accelerate broad-scale adoption of AI-driven data solutions. Enterprises adopting the platform are likely to see this benefit both in efficiency and innovation. AI agents can find hidden patterns in finance, logistics, and manufacturing. They do this by running analytical routines. This gives companies new predictive insights.
Companies can use custom AI agents and connect various external AI services on the platform. This way, they can create solutions that fit their specific operational needs. This flexibility should boost adoption in big companies and SMEs. It will help grow Japan’s AI and data analytics ecosystem.
AI is now key to business strategy. Snowflake Intelligence helps Japanese firms thrive in the global market. They do this by unlocking the full potential of their data assets.
今後の展望
Snowflake also said it will demonstrate the full range of the platform’s capabilities at an upcoming virtual conference called “BUILD” on December 11–12, 2025, and provide deeper insight into AI agents transforming Japanese businesses.
But with its launch in Japan, スノーフレーク Intelligence is way more than just an analytics tool; it represents a fundamental shift to enterprise-wide AI adoption that will enable businesses to make quicker, smarter, and better decisions while fostering a culture of data-driven innovation.
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