Blend has achieved Snowflake Elite Partner Status, the highest designation in the Snowflake Partner Network. The announcement, made on May 13, 2026, recognizes Blend's technical depth, production-scale delivery, and measurable client outcomes on the Snowflake AI Data Cloud.
What Elite Status Means
Elite status is reserved for partners that demonstrate exceptional technical expertise, product co-innovation, and enterprise client impact. Blend's designation reflects a partnership that has deepened rapidly across these dimensions. The company is also a Snowflake Intelligence launch partner and a Cortex Code launch partner, placing it among a select group of firms shaping how enterprises build and deploy AI natively on Snowflake.
How Blend Delivers
Blend's agentic AI foundry, BlendX, is built natively on Snowflake Cortex, Snowpark, and Streamlit. It runs entirely within the client's Snowflake account, preserving data sovereignty while accelerating time-to-production using Cortex Code. According to Blend, BlendX accelerates 10x development productivity to deploy AI applications in the Snowflake AI Data Cloud.
Blend engineers collaborate directly with Snowflake's product team on Cortex development, embedding those capabilities within production-ready BlendX accelerators.
Growth Ambition
Blend's CEO Oz Dogan stated the company is targeting 3x growth in its Snowflake practice over the next 12 months. "We have invested deeply in becoming one of the most capable Snowflake delivery organizations in the market," Dogan said. "As enterprises move from exploring AI to operating it at scale, Blend is the partner that builds it, ships it, and makes it run."
Shannon Davis, Global Director of Partnership Development at Snowflake, noted that Blend's technical capabilities and focus on AI-driven innovation position the company to help organizations move faster from data to insight.
Bottom Line
Blend's Elite Partner status, combined with its launch partner roles for Snowflake Intelligence and Cortex Code, signals that the company is positioned at the intersection of Snowflake's most significant AI product investments. For enterprises building AI applications on Snowflake, Blend offers a delivery model that runs entirely within the client's Snowflake account, with direct engineering collaboration with Snowflake's product team.