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Snowflake now offers MCP support.
The company also debuted an AI suite for financial institutions.
Both aim to make agentic AI more secure for sensitive datasets.
On Thursday, data platform Snowflake announcde its own Model Context Protocol (MCP) Server, in keeping with the quick trend Anthropic set with the protocol last spring. The company also announced a new package of AI tools specifically geared toward financial services, allowing them to develop AI agents safely and securely.
Also: How Snowflake's new tools turn business analysts into AI developers
The new tools are an extension of Snowflake's Cortex AI, the company's existing AI services bundle that includes agents, data querying features, analysis, and partnerships with frontier models from Anthropic and OpenAI, among other perks. Cortex AI for Financial Services is tailored for that industry.
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