Snowflake: An Agentic Data Cloud in the Era of Cognitive Capitalism
Introduction and Positioning
Snowflake Inc. serves as a paradigmatic case study of cognitive capitalism, illustrating how data and computation have become core drivers of value in the contemporary economy. Founded in 2012 by data warehousing experts Benoît Dageville, Thierry Cruanes, and Marcin Żukowski, Snowflake was conceived during a pivotal shift whe…