Skip to main content
See every side of every news story
Published loading...Updated

Snowflake Adds AI Model Routing to Cut Costs

The new routing feature automatically picks the best model for each task and is aimed at reducing inference spend for more than 13,900 customers.

  • Snowflake announced dynamic model routing within Cortex AI Gateway, allowing enterprises to automatically select models balancing quality and cost while reducing unnecessary AI spending.
  • Enterprise teams running AI at scale find that using a single model for every task drives up costs, while manual selection creates significant management work as agent usage grows.
  • Internal evaluations showed agents using dynamic routing achieved up to 3x greater token efficiency in pipelines, while engineering teams completed tasks with 25 percent greater token efficiency.
  • Snowflake is expanding access to leading open models, including DeepSeek-V4-Flash and GLM-5.3, through Snowflake Cortex, allowing customers to choose from a broader library while keeping governed data secure.
  • Sanjeev Mohan, Principal and Founder of SanjMo, told VentureBeat that Snowflake is "selling routing that never leaves the governed data boundary, with access controls, tagging, and cost attribution already attached.
Insights by Ground AI

15 Articles

Think freely.Subscribe and get full access to Ground NewsSubscriptions start at $9.99/yearSubscribe

Bias Distribution

  • 67% of the sources are Center
67% Center

Factuality Info Icon

To view factuality data please Upgrade to Premium

Ownership

Info Icon

To view ownership data please Upgrade to Vantage

VentureBeat broke the news in San Francisco, United States on Tuesday, August 18, 2026.
Too Big Arrow Icon
Sources are mostly out of (0)

Similar News Topics

News
Feed Dots Icon
For You
Search Icon
Search
Blindspot LogoBlindspotLocal