Snowflake Buys Natoma To Govern The Agents Acting On Its Data

Snowflake acquired Natoma, a startup focused on AI agent governance, to control how agents interact with data on its platform. The acquisition was announced alongside a $6 billion AWS deal that extends Snowflake's cloud infrastructure commitment. Natoma's technology lets enterprises set policies for what AI agents can access, query, or modify within Snowflake. This moves Snowflake beyond data storage into active oversight of agent behavior. The deal signals that enterprises need guardrails as agents become more autonomous with corporate data. Snowflake plans to integrate Natoma's governance layer directly into its existing data cloud.