From data consumer to AI builder, in one session.

This month, we're getting hands-on with AI application development inside Snowflake.

Join Michael Young as he leads a live workshop where attendees will build two working AI applications using Snowflake Cortex, Cortex Search, and Snowflake CoCo. Using only a browser and a free Snowflake trial account, you'll walk through the architecture, development, and evaluation of modern AI applications directly within the Snowflake platform.

If you've been curious about how Cortex, Cortex Search, and CoCo work together in a real-world solution, this is the session to bring your laptop to.

Why This Matters

AI application development is evolving quickly, and organizations are increasingly looking for ways to build intelligent applications without moving data outside their governed platforms.

Snowflake Cortex provides a powerful foundation for building AI-powered experiences directly against your data. This hands-on session will give you practical experience with the tools and patterns you can use to move from experimentation to production-ready AI applications.

What You'll Build

During the workshop, you'll create:

• A text corpus pipeline to ingest, chunk, and index documents inside Snowflake

• A Cortex Search Service leveraging hybrid semantic and keyword search

• A Python-based RAG application that retrieves relevant context and generates grounded answers

• A Text-to-SQL interface that converts natural language questions into executable SQL queries

What You'll Learn

• How to call LLMs directly from Snowflake using CORTEX.COMPLETE

• The architecture behind Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG)

• How Cortex Search reduces hallucinations by grounding responses in your data

• How to build a production-ready RAG application using Snowflake Notebooks and Cortex Search

• How Snowflake CoCo can generate SQL and Python from natural language prompts

• How to evaluate AI application quality using Snowsight Evaluations

Prerequisites

To get the most from this session, please bring:

• A free Snowflake Trial Account (any cloud region)

• Basic SQL familiarity

• A laptop running Chrome or Firefox

• No local software installation required

Create your free trial account before the event:
https://signup.snowflake.com/

Fork the workshop repository:
https://github.com/Snowflake-Labs/sfquickstarts/tree/master/site/sfguides/src/accelerate-app-dev-cortex-code

Agenda

5:00 PM – 6:00 PM | Food, Networking & Arrivals (3rd Floor)

6:00 PM – 7:15 PM | Hands-On Workshop: RAG, Text-to-SQL & CoCo (4th Floor)

7:15 PM – 7:45 PM | Snowflake Summit Announcements & Discussion (4th Floor)

7:45 PM – 8:00 PM | Wrap-Up

Who Should Attend?

This session is ideal for:

• Data Engineers

• Analytics Engineers

• BI Developers

• Data Scientists

• AI Practitioners

• Solution Architects

• Anyone interested in building AI applications on top of the data already stored in Snowflake

Whether you're just beginning your AI journey or actively exploring Snowflake Cortex capabilities, you'll leave with working code, practical experience, and repeatable patterns you can use in your own environment.

Bring a laptop. Bring a trial account. Bring your questions for Michael.

We look forward to seeing you at the Charlotte Snowflake User Group. 🚀

Venue Details:

CLA Connection Center North Carolina

14815 Ballantyne Village Way

Suite 400

Charlotte, NC 28277

Park on floors 2 – 6 of the adjacent parking garage. Take the pedestrian bridge to the building elevators and navigate to the CLA Connection Center on the fourth floor.