Umesh Unnikrishnan

Becoming AI-native involves redesigning how your organization makes decisions, learns and ships software. In this session, we use the story of building Snowflake Snowflake CoCo to illustrate an end-to-end AI-first operating model. We’ll cover framing problems with AI as a thinking partner, cross-functional co-creation in code and agents, and using AI to automate reviews and research. We’ll share the concrete structures that helped us move fast without losing trust: one-week ship cycles, outcome-oriented dashboards and a shared map for AI-native roles. You’ll leave with a reference architecture, organizational structure and tooling to guide your AI transformation.