10 years ago, a small but mighty team at Snowflake came together to write a paper based on a simple idea: the best data platforms aren’t built by adding more—they’re built by removing what gets in the way. That idea became Snowflake. Not more tools. Not more layers. A system designed so data, workloads, and now AI can actually work together. Today, we’re honored to share that our founding Snowflake team has received the prestigious 2026 ACM SIGMOD/PODS “Test-of-Time” Award. It’s an opportunity to revisit the paper and reflect on how those early ideas shaped the company Snowflake is today — and where we're heading. Read more from our co-founders about how we got here and what comes next 👇 https://bit.ly/4c55S6s
Founders in their own words - great blog post: https://www.snowflake.com/en/blog/data-platform-ai-era/ ❄️
Congrats Benoit Dageville and Thierry Cruanes! The SIGMOD Test-of-Time recognition is well-deserved — the compute/storage separation decision wasn't obvious in 2012, and it's worth remembering how much resistance that kind of architectural bet usually faces before it becomes "industry standard."
Really cool to see Snowflake at SIGMOD—this is where a lot of the real innovation in data systems actually starts.
Congrats Benoit Dageville and Thierry Cruanes!
Bravo! Je te félicite! 👏
Removing barriers to unlock potential. The best innovations often emerge from simplification. Streamlining data and AI workflows is a challenge many engineers face, and solving this exact problem is what drives the Konekt platform.