Industry leaders such as Anthropic, CrewAI, Cursor, FactSet, Ramp, and Salesforce have emphasized the importance of secure data connectivity and interoperability, with Snowflake’s MCP Server seen as a key enabler for enterprise AI adoption.

Snowflake has launched Cortex AI for Financial Services, a comprehensive suite of AI tools aimed at unifying financial data ecosystems and enabling secure deployment of AI models, apps, and agents in regulated industries.

Additional resources, including blog posts and quickstarts, are available to help users understand Snowflake Cortex AI and MCP Server, highlighting their role in enterprise AI transformation.

The new platform features MCP, which allows large language models and AI agents to securely access siloed or proprietary data sources, with a public preview now available for connecting to external agents and third-party data.

Snowflake selected the financial sector for this initial launch due to its high demand and large footprint, with plans to develop similar bundles for other industries in the future.

The solutions are available immediately, with Snowflake MCP Server in public preview, and enterprises can request demos or contact sales for more information.

This industry-specific bundle consolidates existing products and partnerships for easier adoption, with pricing based on Snowflake’s current function-based model and additional support for onboarding.

These tools leverage insights from proprietary, external, and unstructured data, offering richer, context-driven analytics.

The MCP Server enables connection of large language models like ChatGPT and Anthropic to enterprise data, managing authorization and data processing, accessible to all Snowflake customers.

The integration of MCP and Cortex AI allows financial institutions to connect diverse data sources such as news, market data, and customer information to enhance decision-making.

The platform addresses challenges faced by financial institutions, including fragmented data, compliance, security, and governance, by integrating AI directly into existing data environments.

This AI suite extends Snowflake's Cortex AI platform, which includes tools for data querying and analysis, and partnerships with frontier models from Anthropic and OpenAI.