Snowflake

Snowflake is a cloud-based data warehousing company that provides a highly scalable and secure platform for managing and analyzing data. Founded in 2012, the company has quickly become a leader in the data analytics market, serving a range of industries from finance to healthcare. Key executives include CEO Frank Slootman and President of Products Benoit Dageville. The company's main competitors include Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud Platform.

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AI Agenda

Why AI Startups' Fixation on 'Cracked' Engineers is Short-Sighted

By Rocket Drew · Jan 20, 2026 7:37am PST
Before we get to today’s column, OpenAI’s Chief Financial Officer Sarah Friar pulled back the curtain this weekend on how the ChatGPT maker’s consumption of computational resources and annualized revenue have grown at approximately the same pace over time. That isn’t super surprising, given that most companies would expect their revenue to grow... Before we get to today’s column, OpenAI’s Chief Financial Officer Sarah Friar pulled back the...
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The Briefing

Tech at Davos; Netflix and Intel Earnings on Deck This Week

By Martin Peers · Jan 19, 2026 3:00pm PST
We have a change of pace this week after the AI dramas of the past few days. President Donald Trump’s latest tariff assault on Europe, related to his aspirations for owning Greenland, will have markets jumpy—as we saw on Monday. Maybe a deal can be worked out at the annual World Economic Forum confab at Davos, which started today. Expect to see... We have a change of pace this week after the AI dramas of the past few days. President Donald...
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Dealmaker

The Rise of the Pre-IPO Round

By Laura Mandaro · Jan 13, 2026 3:10pm PST
A favorite trade of 2020 and 2021—buying into a startup shortly before the company is expected to go public, often through the sale of notes convertible into equity—is bubbling again as more startups inch toward public listings. These convertible notes can act as a strong signal the company is intent on an IPO, well before it files a prospectus.... A favorite trade of 2020 and 2021—buying into a startup shortly before the company is expected to...
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Dealmaker

The Numbers Behind Snowflake’s $1 Billion App-Monitoring Acquisition

By Kevin McLaughlin and Valida Pau · Jan 8, 2026 4:52pm PST
On Thursday Snowflake said it was buying app monitoring startup Observe, confirming our earlier scoop. The sale, which we had previously reported would be roughly $1 billion, provides a decent exit for early investors in the nine-year-old startup, such as Sutter Hill Ventures and Madrona Ventures, both of which also previously backed Snowflake... On Thursday Snowflake said it was buying app monitoring startup Observe, confirming our earlier...