All Data and AI Weekly #248 - 29 June 2026

 

AI, Data, Agentic AI, Cortex Code, NiFi, Iceberg, Polaris, Streamlit, Python, Java, SQL, MCP, LLM, RAG, Cortex AI, AIFN, Search, Unstructured Data

All Data and AI Weekly #248 - 29 June 2026

( AI, Data, Agentic AI, Cortex Code, NiFi, Iceberg, Polaris, Streamlit, Python, Java, SQL, MCP, LLM, RAG, Cortex AI, AIFN, Search, Unstructured Data )

Tim's Corner: Post-Summit Momentum - Agentic Enterprise Goes Full Speed

Welcome to issue 248! The post-Summit momentum is incredible. This week brings Dynamic Iceberg Table Replication GA, Streamlit in Workspaces GA, the Snowflake GitHub Actions v3.0 for CI/CD, and deep blog posts on securing the agentic enterprise, real-time pipelines with Snowpipe Streaming, and the Snowflake + NVIDIA BioNeMo partnership for agentic AI in life sciences. The Online Feature Store quickstart is live, Cortex Code Foundations guide dropped, and the community delivered excellent content on API gateways for managed MCP, evaluation dashboards for Cortex Agents, and reflections on Summit as "building the floor for the agentic enterprise." I published two new repos this week - ipsearch and LabQuestions. Let's keep the energy going!


Tim's Content

New SNACK-AI Repositories

Upcoming Events


Featured: Dynamic Iceberg Table Replication (GA - June 29)

Dynamic Iceberg Table Replication is now Generally Available - replicate dynamic Iceberg tables across regions and clouds for disaster recovery and multi-region analytics.


Release Notes: https://docs.snowflake.com/en/release-notes/2026/other/2026-06-29-dynamic-iceberg-table-replication-ga


Documentation: https://docs.snowflake.com/en/user-guide/tables-iceberg-replication


Featured: Streamlit in Workspaces (GA - June 1)

Streamlit in Workspaces is now GA - build and deploy Streamlit apps directly in Snowflake workspaces for collaborative data app development.


Release Notes: https://docs.snowflake.com/en/release-notes/2026/other/2026-06-01-streamlit-in-workspaces-ga


Documentation: https://docs.snowflake.com/en/developer-guide/streamlit/streamlit-in-workspaces/streamlit-in-workspaces-overview


Featured: Snowflake GitHub Actions v3.0

Snowflake Actions v3.0 for GitHub - configure CI/CD integrations with Snowflake directly in your GitHub workflows.



Cortex AI & Agents

Securing the Agentic Enterprise

Deep blog on securing the agentic enterprise - governance, identity, and safety patterns for AI agents at scale.


Read more: Securing the Agentic Enterprise

Agentic Enterprise with Snowflake and Accenture

Snowflake + Accenture partnership for building the agentic enterprise.


Read more: Agentic Enterprise: Snowflake and Accenture

Cortex Code Foundations Guide

Official Cortex Code Foundations developer guide - the complete starting point for building with Cortex Code.


Guide: Cortex Code Foundations


Lab Setup SQL: Admin Lab Setup

Using an API Gateway to Expose Snowflake Managed MCP

How to use an API gateway to expose Snowflake Managed MCP servers to external clients.


Read more: https://medium.com/@csean52/using-a-api-gateway-to-expose-snowflake-managed-mcp-686606065fd2

Building an Evaluation & Observability Dashboard for Cortex Agents

Build a complete evaluation and observability dashboard for monitoring Cortex Agent performance.


Read more: https://renjith-rameshan.medium.com/building-an-evaluation-observability-dashboard-for-snowflake-cortex-agents-20390f7c6e51

Snowflake + NVIDIA BioNeMo: Agentic AI for Life Sciences

Snowflake and NVIDIA BioNeMo partner for agentic AI in life sciences - accelerating drug discovery and molecular research.


Read more: Snowflake + NVIDIA BioNeMo Agentic AI for Life Sciences


Snowflake Platform Updates

Real-Time Pipelines with Snowpipe Streaming

Deep blog on building real-time data pipelines with Snowpipe Streaming - patterns for low-latency ingestion.


Read more: Real-Time Pipelines with Snowpipe Streaming

Snowpipe Streaming SDK Custom Kafka Consumer Skill

Official Cortex Code skill for building custom Kafka consumers with Snowpipe Streaming SDK.


GitHub: https://github.com/snowflakedb/snowpipe-streaming-sdk-examples/blob/main/custom-kafka-consumer/.cortex/skills/custom-kafka-consumer/SKILL.md

Online Feature Store in Snowflake

Introduction to the Online Feature Store in Snowflake for real-time ML feature serving.


Guide: Intro to Online Feature Store


Quickstart: sfguide-intro-to-online-feature-store

Snowflake Postgres + ML Online Feature Store

Using Snowflake Postgres with the ML Online Feature Store for real-time serving.


Read more: Snowflake Postgres ML Online Feature Store

Data Engineering with Apache Airflow

Official guide for data engineering with Apache Airflow on Snowflake.


Guide: Data Engineering with Apache Airflow

Dataiku Cobuild: Snowflake AI Governance

Dataiku Cobuild for Snowflake AI governance - collaborative AI development with guardrails.


Read more: Dataiku Cobuild Snowflake AI Governance

Data Clean Rooms Updates (June 25)

Latest Data Clean Rooms updates.


Read more: https://docs.snowflake.com/en/release-notes/2026/other/2026-06-25-dcr

BCR 2026-10_22

Behavior Change Release notes.


Release Notes: https://docs.snowflake.com/en/release-notes/2026/10_22

Superblocks for Snowflake Apps

Superblocks - build internal apps on top of Snowflake.


Platform: https://www.superblocks.com/snowflake-apps

The Modern Marketing Data Stack Report

Snowflake's Modern Marketing Data Stack report.


Read more: The Modern Marketing Data Stack Report


Summit 2026 Session Videos


From the Community: Medium & Blogs


GitHub: Community & Tools


SNACK-AI: The 2026 Pattern

As we look forward in 2026, SNACK-AI is the architectural pattern for powering AI applications at any scale - from mobile phones and robots to massive enterprise clusters.


SNACK-AI integrates:


  • Snowflake Platform

  • NiFi (Apache)

  • Apache Iceberg

  • Cortex AI (Agents/Search/MCP)

  • Kafka (Apache Kafka)

Deep Dive into SNACK-AI:


Thanks

https://sessionize.com/tspann


https://github.com/timothyspann



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