{"podcast":{"title":"Equity","slug":"equity-55848","podcast_index_feed_id":55848,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/YFL6537156961","website_url":"https://techcrunch.com/","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/7f647576-b0d4-11ef-ad77-1356cd002e92/image/c517eaa8f9b86d18ff98a18dec7a5178.jpg?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"TechCrunch","episode_count":774,"summary":"The intersection of technology, startups, and venture capital touches everything now. That’s why Equity, TechCrunch's flagship podcast, digs into the business of startups for entrepreneurs and enthusiasts alike. Every Wednesday and Friday, TechCrunch reporters keep you up-to-date on the world of business, technology, and venture capital. Equity is ranked the No.2 podcast in the Top 100 Venture Capital All time leaderboard on Goodpods—As well as No.17 for the Top 100 Finance All time chart and No.32 for the Top 100 Business News All time chart.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-18T04:19:04.251830+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/equity-55848"},"episode":{"title":"Snowflake’s transition from storing data to shipping with it","slug":"snowflake-s-transition-from-storing-data-to-shipping-with-it","published_at":"2026-04-08T15:34:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/equity-55848/snowflake-s-transition-from-storing-data-to-shipping-with-it","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/equity-55848","url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/TCML2111556103.mp3?updated=1775662711","audio_url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/TCML2111556103.mp3?updated=1775662711","summary":"Snowflake is betting that the future of AI isn’t just analyzing data, it’s acting on it. That means a shift away from chatbots and toward autonomous agents that can actually get work done. And Snowflake is reorganizing fast to keep up, from shipping hundreds of AI features to restructuring teams along the way.On this episode of TechCrunch’s Equity podcast, Rebecca Bellan sits down with Snowflake CEO Sridhar Ramaswamy to unpack the company’s transformation and what it signals about where AI is headed next. Listen to the full episode to hear: Why Ramaswamy believes the chatbot era is ending and the agentic era is beginning. How Snowflake is evolving from a data warehouse into an AI and applications platform. What “shipping with your data” actually looks like in practice. Why the company is making big internal changes to support its AI push. Subscribe to Equity on ⁠YouTube⁠,⁠ Apple Podcasts⁠,⁠ Overcast⁠,⁠ Spotify⁠ and all the casts. You also can follow Equity on⁠ X⁠ and⁠ Threads⁠, at @EquityPod. Chapters: 00:00 Intro 00:17 Snowflake’s AI shift and agentic future 01:45 Why 2026 marks the end of chatbots 04:09 Cortex Code, Snowflake Intelligence, and new products 06:09 Who benefits: non-technical users & enterprises 07:35 Adoption challenges and why AI pilots fail 12:11 How AI is reshaping jobs and skills 14:39 Layoffs, automation, and the future of documentation 18:37 Snowflake’s evolution into an AI platform 21:04 Competition: Databricks, hyperscalers, and AI giants 25:01 Outro Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices","meta_description":"Snowflake is betting that the future of AI isn’t just analyzing data, it’s acting on it. That means a shift away from chatbots and toward autonomous agent…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1625,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/equity-55848/episodes/snowflake-s-transition-from-storing-data-to-shipping-with-it/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/equity-55848/snowflake-s-transition-from-storing-data-to-shipping-with-it.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}