Global – October 27, 2026 -- Snowflake has put metadata connectors for 18 data, BI and pipeline sources into public preview as part of Horizon Context, a governed context layer inside Horizon Catalog designed to give AI agents and analysts shared business definitions.

Snowflake introduced the layer at Snowflake Summit. It collects metadata, enriches it with business meaning and exposes it to people, BI tools and AI agents. Snowflake's stated aim is to stop teams from rebuilding definitions, such as what counts as customer retention, for every new AI use case.

Portland – October 27, 2026 -- Multnomah County, Oregon, migrated a decade-old SQL Server environment to a modern data platform in five months, a timeline that public sector organizations often stretch over years, according to a session at this year's Snowflake Summit.