Snowflake recently announced its acquisition of Datavolo, a data pipeline management company, to enhance its capabilities in automating data flows across enterprise environments.

Who is Datavolo?

Datavolo, founded in 2023 by Joseph Witt and Luke Roquet, specializes in multimodal data pipelines for AI applications. The company utilizes Apache NiFi, an open-source data integration tool that automates and manages structured and unstructured data flows across various enterprise sources.

The company’s approach enables organizations to replace single-use, point-to-point code with flexible, reusable pipelines, facilitating efficient data ingestion and processing for AI and machine learning initiatives.

Before its acquisition by Snowflake in November 2024, Datavolo secured $21 million in Series A funding from investors, including General Catalyst, Human Capital, MVP Ventures, and Citi Ventures.

The company’s platform has been recognized for accelerating the creation, management, and observability of data pipelines, simplifying data engineering workloads, and enhancing data interoperability within enterprise AI environments.

Quick Take

In integrating Datavolo, Snowflake expands its ability to manage the full data lifecycle, offering greater flexibility, cost efficiency, and simplicity for customers. The acquisition aligns with Snowflake’s support for open-source technologies, as the company commits to maintaining and managing the Apache NiFi project.

Snowflake also announced a multi-year partnership with Anthropic to integrate AI models into its Cortex AI and other products. Its Q3 2025 earnings exceeded expectations, leading to a 19% increase in stock value.