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Snowflake Funnels $20M into AI Training Program

Snowflake, the AI Data Cloud company, is announcing a $20 million investment into its One Million Minds + One Platform, a program designed to train and certify over 100,000 users on the Snowflake AI Data Cloud by 2027. Propelled by the goal of upskilling one million people on data and AI by 2029, this investment from Snowflake reflects the present need to take advantage of AI opportunities by cultivating the necessary skills it demands.

Staying competitive amid the AI boom is a key concern for many modern workers. According to a 2024 Gallup study, 22% of workers fear that their jobs will become obsolete due to technology such as generative AI (GenAI). This is confirmed by the same study, which found that 72% of Fortune 500 CHROs anticipate replacing various roles in their companies with AI.

With fears founded, Snowflake believes that workers must educate and upskill themselves in the space of AI to continue to deliver value to employers. One Million Minds + One Platform enables individuals to accelerate their knowledge of the AI Data Cloud so they may secure their status as an asset as the latest technologies continue to disrupt the business world.

“To succeed in this digital age, every employee must be equipped with the skills that enable them to contribute in a data and AI-centric world,” said Sridhar Ramaswamy, CEO of Snowflake. “This requires that AI must not only be accessible for users at every skill level, but that users also have knowledge of how these applications work across the data lifecycle, as well as how to best engage with them. Through our investment, Snowflake is giving academic institutions and workers in regions around the world the tools and training to build successful careers as the technologists and founders of tomorrow.”

This investment and program divides its efforts into two areas: academia and workforce. Focusing on the latter, One Million Minds + One Platform brings new Snowflake Platform Trainings for workers with limited experience using Snowflake. With a live instructor, workers benefit from step-by-step teaching from a Snowflake expert to prepare them for their organization’s modernization, according to the company.

Throughout training, enlistees will learn about the AI Data Cloud architecture, including data warehousing, data lakes, data engineering, AI/ML, data applications, and data sharing. Trainees are taught how to set up and navigate Snowflake and Snowflake Notebooks, create a database, stages, and use compute resources, load and leverage structured, semi-structured, and unstructured data, and more.

Once the training is complete, enlistees are awarded a certification by successfully completing the SnowPro Platform Associate Certification, which will be available in February 2025.

To learn more about One Million Minds + One Platform, please visit https://www.snowflake.com/en/.

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