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Snowflake adds gateway to fence in enterprise AI agents
Jul 28, 2026SOURCE: venturebeat.com
SO WHAT
The window is shifting from AI experimentation to control infrastructure, and whoever owns the gateway gets leverage over the next operating layer.
Snowflake announced Cortex AI Gateway, a centralized control layer for AI agents aimed at limiting runaway enterprise costs. The signal is not just cost discipline; it is the old system trying to govern the inversion before autonomy leaks outward.
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