Snowflake acquires Natoma for AI agent security control
TL;DR. Snowflake bought Natoma, a startup specializing in managing AI agent permissions and compliance across enterprise applications within a secure control plane. - Natoma's platform allows enterprise AI agents to interact securely with external tools like email and Slack. - The acquisition integrates Natoma's Model Context Protocol gateway to enforce identity and access policies for agent actions. - Snowflake aims to enable compliant agent operations without risking security breaches or policy violations.
- Snowflake acquired Natoma, a startup focused on AI agent permission and security management.
- Natoma's technology provides a gateway for AI agents to interact with enterprise applications securely.
- The acquisition is central to Snowflake's 'agentic control plane' strategy, ensuring governance and policy enforcement.
- Natoma's Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers manage identity verification and access controls for agent actions.
Sources
- Snowflake buys Natoma to help freeze out rogue agents — theregister.com
- scalex.dev — scalex.dev