Databricks CEO publicly pitches Snowflake on buying AI tokens via its platform, citing ~30% spend cuts
NaveenGRao · x · 2026-10-29
Databricks CEO Ali Ghodsi openly invited Snowflake to source its AI tokens through Databricks, arguing the two companies are complementary. The platform offers both cheap OSS models and frontier models (OpenAI, Anthropic, Gemini, Grok), all routed through Unity Gateway with smart routing, budgets, and access control, plus Omnigent compatibility with any harness. He claims most customers cut token spend 30% in recent months even as token counts rose, with Genie handling spend tracking and financials — ending with a quick-POC offer.
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