Exclusive: Snowflake teams up with Reka to add multimodal LLMs to data cloud

by | Mar 21, 2024 | Technology

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Snowflake Data Cloud is getting multimodal large language models (LLMs). Today, the Sridhar Ramaswamy-led company announced it is partnering with Reka, an AI startup founded by researchers from DeepMind, Google and Meta, to bring its proprietary models into its data platform. 

The move comes mere weeks after the company’s partnership with Mistral and will enable enterprises using its data cloud to build generative AI applications that will work with not only text inputs but also images and videos. This will open a whole new way for teams to drive value from datasets. 

Snowflake participated in Reka’s $60 million round of funding last year. However, it did not confirm if it is increasing its investment with this partnership.

Baris Gultekin, the head of product management at Snowflake AI, told VentureBeat the company is “always exploring ways” to support partners and drive innovation for customers but has nothing more to share on the investment front at this stage.

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Join leaders in Boston on March 27 for an exclusive night of networking, insights, and conversation. Request an invite here.

Snowflake Data Cloud is getting multimodal large language models (LLMs). Today, the Sridhar Ramaswamy-led company announced it is partnering with Reka, an AI startup founded by researchers from DeepMind, Google and Meta, to bring its proprietary models into its data platform. 

The move comes mere weeks after the company’s partnership with Mistral and will enable enterprises using its data cloud to build generative AI applications that will work with not only text inputs but also images and videos. This will open a whole new way for teams to drive value from datasets. 

Snowflake participated in Reka’s $60 million round of funding last year. However, it did not confirm if it is increasing its investment with this partnership.

Baris Gultekin, the head of product management at Snowflake AI, told VentureBeat the company is “always exploring ways” to support partners and drive innovation for customers but has nothing more to share on the investment front at this stage.

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The AI Impact Tour – Atlanta

Continuing our tour, we’re headed to Atlanta for the AI Impact Tour stop on April 10th. This exclusive, invite-only event, in partnership with Microsoft, will feature discussions on how generative AI is transforming the security workforce. Space is limited, so request an invite today.

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