India, Oct. 28 -- Oracle and Snowflake have announced plans to make Snowflake AI Data Cloud available as a native, first-party service on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI). The move expands Oracle's AI and data portfolio, giving customers more flexibility to use enterprise data for analytics and AI initiatives.

Customers will be able to purchase and provision Snowflake on OCI directly through Oracle. Oracle will manage pricing, discounts and billing, allowing customers to use Oracle Universal Credits towards Snowflake consumption and simplify procurement.

"Organisations are looking for faster, simpler ways to turn their enterprise data into business value with AI," said Clay Magouyrk, CEO of Oracle.

"By making Snowflake available as a ...