Snowflake Buys Natoma To Govern The Agents Acting On Its Data
Snowflake has acquired Natoma, a startup specializing in enterprise gateways for AI agent protocols, to enhance governance over AI actions on data. This move aims to address risks associated with uncontrolled AI agent access to enterprise systems, such as shadow AI and data exfiltration. The acquisition will integrate Natoma's technology into Snowflake's existing AI offerings, extending its governance capabilities from data to agent actions. AI
IMPACT Extends Snowflake's governance from data to AI agent actions, addressing enterprise AI risk.