eBook
The Snowflake + Hex guide to AI-ready data
Prepare your data for AI and put Snowflake Cortex to work in Hex. BI tools promised self-serve analytics. We're still not there. LLMs won't solve that alone, but they're a critical piece of it. See what Snowflake Cortex includes, what your data needs to look like first, and the risks worth knowing before you adopt it.

How to approach data strategy in the LLM era
Snowflake Cortex bundles a lot under one name, and the harder work is often your data foundation, not the model. This guide breaks down the Cortex AI suite, what to fix first, and how to set realistic expectations for accuracy.
What you'll learn
- What Snowflake Cortex includes, from AI Functions and Search to Agents, CoCo, and CoWork
- Where LLMs can (and can't) close the gap between technical and non-technical users
- The data architecture and semantic layer decisions to get right first
- How to evaluate LLM accuracy without expecting perfection
- How Hex runs AI on Snowflake Cortex without data leaving your account