

Forward Deployed: Snowflake - From AI Pilot to Production
In just the last few months, $9B+ has been allocated to Forward Deployed Engineering orgs at OpenAI, Anthropic, Google DeepMind, Microsoft, AWS, etc. Why? Model capabilities are there, but actually realizing the value of those models in production at enterprises is another animal.
Forward deployed engineers work directly with customers to create real business impact. Luv leads FDE at Snowflake, so join us to chat about why most enterprise AI pilots fail, what agent use cases actually work in prod, and how those learnings get sent back to the core product team to influence the product.
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LUV KOTHARI | GM, FDE @ Snowflake
Snowflake is the AI Data Cloud company, used by more than 13,300 customers worldwide — including hundreds of the Global 2000. In its most recent quarter it reported $1.23B in product revenue, up 30% year-over-year, with $9.77B in remaining performance obligations and a 125% net revenue retention rate. Luv leads Forward Deployed Engineering — the team embedded inside customers to turn enterprise AI from pilot to production, and channel what they learn back into the roadmap.
🏠 HOSTED BY FORWARD DEPLOYED
Forward Deployed is an AI-Native startup building agentic products for PE portfolio companies, Insurers, and other Enterprise teams. We also host fireside chats and podcasts with operators at the forefront of forward deployed engineering.
📅 Wed, Sep 16th, 6-8:30pm PT
📍 Super secret, San Francisco
🎟 Seats are limited
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