Snowflake debuts CoCo AI assistant for Slack Excel VS Code
Snowflake just wrapped up its 2026 Summit in San Francisco, rolling out some big updates for anyone building with AI.
The star is CoCo (formerly Cortex Code), an AI-powered coding assistant that plugs right into Slack, Excel, and Visual Studio Code, making it easier to automate tasks and build apps just by using plain language.
Snowflake adds Datastream and Horizon context
There's also Datastream, a managed streaming service for Apache Kafka that keeps data flowing in real time, so your AI tools are always up to date.
On the security side, Snowflake boosted its Trust Center with features like identity tracking for AI agents and launched Horizon Context to keep data use consistent across platforms.
All these upgrades are designed to help businesses manage their data smarter while keeping things secure and efficient.