Global AI data cloud company Snowflake said on May 29 it will acquire Natoma, an enterprise Model Context Protocol (MCP) platform company for AI agents.

Snowflake stressed that this will allow it to build a native integrated governance and identity layer that can access AI agents and MCP tools.

The company said that, with the Natoma acquisition, Snowflake customers will be able to connect Cortex Agents, Snowflake Intelligence, Cortex Code and other AI platforms to SaaS applications, cloud environments, virtual private clouds (VPCs) and on-premises infrastructure through a validated MCP server library.

Natoma provides control and a governance fabric for such connectivity. It supports enterprises in managing how AI agents search, access and act across systems in a way that embeds reliability, visibility, identity permission settings, policies and full auditability.

Snowflake CEO Sridhar Ramaswamy (슈리다 라마스워미) said, "AI agents are quickly becoming part of enterprise operations, but intelligence without governance is instead a risk." He said, "To run agents safely in enterprises, data access alone is not enough. Policy guardrails such as the right context and permissions are needed. Snowflake, which has long served as an enterprise governance platform, has combined Natoma's expertise in identity governance and privileged access management, enabling a trusted layer to extend to AI actions and workflows. Together with Natoma, Snowflake can provide dynamic coding agents that are safe, auditable and scalable, and ready for enterprise environments," he said.