Snowflake's Acquisition Playbook -- Building the AI Data Cloud Through Strategic M&A

In 2025-2026, Snowflake completed or announced four major acquisitions -- Crunchy Data, Select Star, Datavolo, and Observe -- each filling a specific gap in its AI Data Cloud vision. This module analyzes each acquisition, what it signals about Snowflake's strategy, and how candidates can reference this M&A activity to show deep understanding of the company's direction.