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Sridhar Ramaswamy

Chief Executive Officer, Snowflake

Search every verified Sridhar Ramaswamy interview, podcast appearance, and on-the-record quote — each transcript cross-checked by AI and human review to confirm speaker identity. Sridhar Ramaswamy, CEO of Snowflake, discussed the company's recent performance and AI strategy in early September 2026, following a quarterly earnings report that exceeded expectations and led to a 22% rise in shares. He attributed about half of the company's outperformance to AI, describing a "flywheel" effect where customers bring more data onto Snowflake to use its AI products, such as the coding agent Coco and the assistant Co-work, which in turn drives consumption. He reported $1.49 billion in product revenue, up 37% year-over-year, and noted the company raised its full-year guidance. Ramaswamy also addressed competition with Databricks, stating that Snowflake's strength lies in its trusted, governed data platform for enterprises, while downplaying the significance of a lower-than-expected remaining performance obligations figure. In August 2026, Ramaswamy discussed Snowflake's launch of an AI model routing tool designed to help customers manage costs by pairing tasks with appropriate models, whether from frontier labs or open-source options. He emphasized the importance of platform neutrality, noting that customers can avoid dependence on a single model provider, which he described as an operational risk. In a June 2026 interview, Ramaswamy reflected on the changing nature of software moats in the AI era, arguing that companies must identify their enduring value, and suggested that marketplaces and external-facing systems hold more lasting value than infrastructure. He also shared lessons from his time at Google and the failure of his ad-free search startup Neeva, and discussed how AI agents could shift workers toward higher-value tasks.

Recent appearances

  • Model Mayhem, Nvidia Hugging Face, Pablo Torre Joins, New Data Center Designs

    September 03, 2026 · 📺 TBPN

    00:04:54 Model Mayhem 00:17:47 Why NVIDIA Bought Hugging Face 00:28:30 𝕏 Timeline Reactions 00:36:00 Pablo Torre discusses his investigation into an alleged salary-cap circumvention scheme involving Clippers owner Steve Ballmer and Kawhi Leonard. The investigative journalist and host of Pablo Torre Finds Out explains the evidence, the NBA’s punishment, and why Ballmer’s threatened legal battle could further damage the team. 00:59:41 Mohit Aron is the founder of SaiFin and previously founded enterprise technology companies Cohesity and Nutanix. Aron discusses SaiFin’s mission to use AI to unify…

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  • Snowflake CEO Sridhar Ramaswamy Talks AI Fuels | Bloomberg Talks

    September 03, 2026 · 📺 Bloomberg Podcasts

    Snowflake posted a third straight quarter of accelerating product revenue growth and raised its full-year outlook, with CEO Sridhar Ramaswamy saying AI accounted for about half of the company’s outperformance. He discusses the rapid adoption of Snowflake’s AI coding agent Coco, growing customer usage, and how the company is competing with Databricks in the race to turn enterprise data into AI-driven growth. He joins Ed Ludlow on "Bloomberg Tech." See omnystudio.com/listener (https://omnystudio.com/listener) for privacy information. Bloomberg Talks curates top interviews from around Bloomberg…

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  • Snowflake CEO Sridhar Ramaswamy: AI is indeed a flywheel for us

    September 03, 2026 · 📺 CNBC Television

    Snowflake shares rose 22% in extended trading on Wednesday after the data analytics software maker reported results and guidance that surpassed expectations. Sridhar Ramaswamy, Snowflake CEO, joins 'Squawk on the Street' to discuss. For access to live and exclusive video from CNBC subscribe to CNBC PRO: https://cnb.cx/42d859g » Subscribe to CNBC TV: https://cnb.cx/SubscribeCNBCtelevision » Subscribe to CNBC: https://cnb.cx/SubscribeCNBC » Watch CNBC on the go with CNBC+: https://www.cnbc.com/WatchCNBCPlus Turn to CNBC TV for the latest stock market news and analysis. From market futures to l…

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  • The Secret Superpower of Great Founders | Sridhar Ramaswamy (Snowflake CEO)

    August 20, 2026 · 📺 South Park Commons

    What does it take to build a company that lasts? Snowflake CEO and former SVP of Ads at Google, Sridhar Ramaswamy, joins South Park Commons General Partner Aditya Agarwal to share lessons from leading Google's search and ads business, founding the ad-free search startup Neeva, and navigating the AI era at Snowflake. They discuss why Neeva failed, the founder trait Ramaswamy believes matters most, why he thinks most software will lose its moat, and what will still create lasting value in the age of AI. He also shares the surprising belief about search that he now thinks was wrong. 1. Sridhar…

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  • Snowflake CEO Sridhar Ramaswamy Talks Plan to Cut AI Costs | Bloomberg Talks

    August 18, 2026 · 📺 Bloomberg Podcasts

    Snowflake CEO Sridhar Ramaswamy explains explain why the next phase of enterprise AI is about economics, not simply using the biggest model available. He breaks down how model routing can cut AI costs, why relying on a single model creates risk, and how AI agents could shift workers from repetitive tasks toward higher-value jobs. See omnystudio.com/listener (https://omnystudio.com/listener) for privacy information. Bloomberg Talks curates top interviews from around Bloomberg News. Hear conversations with the biggest names in finance, politics and entertainment. On Bloomberg Talks, we round u…

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  • He Built $100B at Google, Then Failed. Now He Runs an $80B+ Company | Snowflake, Sridhar Ramaswamy

    June 30, 2026 · 📺 EO

    Sridhar Ramaswamy has seen both sides of building. At Google, he helped scale one of the most important businesses in the history of the internet. Then he left to build Neeva, a search engine that tried to take on Google itself. Neeva did not become the company he hoped it would be. But for Sridhar, that failure was not the end of the story. The team, lessons, and conviction from Neeva eventually became part of his next chapter at Snowflake, where he now leads the company into the AI era. In this conversation, Sridhar shares what he learned from Google, why every startup is an act of belie…

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  • Snowflake CEO: How AI Agents Will Transform the Workplace | Podcast | In Good Company

    June 16, 2026 · 📺 Norges Bank Investment Management

    Nicolai Tangen sits down with Sridhar Ramaswamy, CEO of Snowflake, the data platform powering half the world's largest ...

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  • Facebook gets a movie, Anthropic gets a Fable, Vinod Khosla, Matthew Prince, Bret Taylor

    June 10, 2026 · 📺 TBPN

    00:04:20 The Social Reckoning Trailer Reactions 00:19:18 Fable 5 Sparks Safety Debate 00:34:00 Farza Majeed discusses his journey from creating an AI tutor for DaVinci Resolve to developing Clicky, an AI assistant that executes user commands on computers. He explains Clicky's functionality, including real-time GPT responses and integration with models like Fable 5 for screen understanding, and addresses the business model, emphasizing cost-effective agentic work and a $20 monthly subscription. Majeed also highlights the importance of balancing his media presence with startup development and ex…

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  • Snowflake Summit 2026 Opening Keynote With Sridhar Ramaswamy And Daniela Amodei

    June 01, 2026 · 📺 Snowflake Inc. and Snowflake Developers

    Snowflake Summit 2026 kicked off with an opening keynote on The Agentic Enterprise — featuring a conversation between Snowflake CEO Sridhar Ramaswamy and Anthropic Co-Founder and President Daniela Amodei on how AI agents are reshaping how enterprises work. The keynote also featured Julie Sweet, Chair and CEO of Accenture, and Accenture Chief Strategy Officer Manish Sharma, along with Emmanuel Frenehard, Chief Digital Officer at Sanofi — all sharing how their organizations are Making AI Real today. The session also spotlighted new Snowflake products including Snowflake CoWork and Cortex Code (…

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  • Snowflake CEO Touts Landmark Year Driven By AI Products

    May 28, 2026 · 📺 Bloomberg Podcasts

    Snowflake shares rose after the company delivered a stronger-than-expected annual outlook and signed a $6 billion deal with Amazon. Snowflake CEO Sridhar Ramaswamy joined Bloomberg Tech's Caroline Hyde to discuss the company's 'landmark year' and what's in store with their Amazon deal. -------- Watch Bloomberg Radio LIVE on YouTube Weekdays 7am-6pm ET Saturday & Sunday 7am-10am ET WATCH HERE: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF Follow us on X:   / bloombergradio   Subscribe to our Podcasts: Bloomberg Daybreak: http://bit.ly/3DWYoAN Bloomberg Surveillance: http://bit.ly/3OPtReI Bloomberg Int…

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  • Why Snowflake is no longer just a data warehouse | Equity Podcast

    April 08, 2026 · 📺 TechCrunch

    Snowflake is betting that the future of AI isn’t just analyzing data, it’s acting on it. That means a shift away from chatbots and toward autonomous agents that can actually get work done. And Snowflake is reorganizing fast to keep up, from shipping hundreds of AI features to restructuring teams along the way. On this episode of TechCrunch’s Equity podcast, Rebecca Bellan sits down with Snowflake CEO Sridhar Ramaswamy to unpack the company’s transformation and what it signals about where AI is headed next. Subscribe to Equity on YouTube, Apple Podcasts, Overcast, Spotify, and all the casts.…

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  • Snowflake Seeing Strong Return on AI Investment: CEO

    April 08, 2026 · 📺 Bloomberg Tech

    Some of Snowflake’s coders are producing work 24 hours a day using AI agents, says CEO Sridhar Ramaswamy. He joins Caroline Hyde and Ed Ludlow on “Bloomberg Tech.” -------- Like this video? Subscribe to Bloomberg Technology on YouTube:    / @bloombergtech     Watch the latest full episodes of "Bloomberg Technology" with Caroline Hyde and Ed Ludlow here:    • 'Bloomberg Tech' With Ed Ludlow Full Episodes     Get the latest in tech from Silicon Valley and around the world here: https://www.bloomberg.com/technology Connect with us on... X:   / technology   Facebook:   / bloombergtechn…

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Verified interview transcripts

Notable quotes

“For the majority of the company the biggest mindset shift that they need to go through is scale is not just about people any longer. What AI makes possible is stuff that needed individuals people to go and do can largely be automated. It's much more about the judgment. What's the work that you're trying to get done? And then setting up a framework by which things can get stamped out. But that's a pretty tough change ”

“We had a pretty amazing quarter. $1.49 billion, 37% year-on-year. Our AI products, Coco and Co-work getting really broad adoption. We feel very good overall, but this is also a time of intense competition. There's the hyperscalers, but also the foundation labs. So we think there's lots of business to be had, but a ton of change to keep up with both for our product teams and for our go to market teams.”

“I think things that interact with the external worlds. We talked about like ad ecosystems which are a kind of marketplace, but I think other marketplaces whether it's an Airbnb or an Uber, or any other kind of specialized marketplace even, I think they have clearly reliable enduring value. I don't particularly think that infrastructure as a category and I think you would agree Adita that there's anything special abou”

“I think every company needs to look really hard at what their enduring value is. It used to be that getting enterprises to adopt your software, to getting your software embedded in how they operated day-to-day, that familiarity was enough of a moat that companies would not think of switching very quickly. I think all of that is changing. So we definitely think a lot about what that enduring value is. A big part of it”

“The real challenge came just a few years later when desktop growth completely flatlined. People stopped buying new PCs and so that meant that our query growth at Google stopped. This is when mobile started taking off. But the terrifying thing for Google the business was that mobile just did not make any money. So the only place we had growth was in mobile search and yet mobile search monetized at a fraction of deskto”

“I think it's a very mixed bag. I think it had a lot of unintended consequences and it also tells you how regulation needs to be very surgical about what it does and people really need to think very hard. What are the unintended negative consequences? The fact that you as a consumer can go to a company and say you need to delete everything that you know about me that came as a result of GDPR. That is a huge positive. ”

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