Deep Research in Snowflake CoWork (General availability)

GAJul 7, 2026VerifiedAdded Sep 22, 2026

Deep Research in Snowflake CoWork is now generally available. Deep Research is an investigation mode for complex, open-ended questions that require multi-step reasoning across your data.

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