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Snowflake surges 36% for best day ever on AI frenzy, fueling software rally

Cnbc · · 390 words · By Samantha Subin
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Software stocks popped on Thursday after Snowflake said it plans to spend $6 billion on compute from Amazon and topped earnings estimates on artificial intelligence momentum.

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What happened

Software stocks popped on Thursday after Snowflake said it plans to spend $6 billion on compute from Amazon and topped earnings estimates on artificial intelligence momentum.

Why it matters

Shares of the software maker closed 36% higher for its best day ever.

Common ground

The company is expanding its use of Amazon's in-house chips for AI.

Perspective signals

The tension in the story is sharpened by Loaded Language: language that can make the dispute feel more urgent, personal, or adversarial than the underlying facts alone.

open_in_new Read the original article: https://www.cnbc.com/2026/05/28/snowflake-snow-software-stock-rally.html

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 15 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “ServiceNow and Oracle added more than 6%, while Palantir jumped over 8%.”
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Web search results confirm ServiceNow surged over 6% and Palantir climbed 8%.
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web search NEUTRAL — ServiceNow surged over 6% — well outpacing the XLK sector ETF, which ... ServiceNow rose over 2% in regular trading and extended gains an additional ...
https://www.perplexity.ai/finance/NOW?comparing=NOW,TEAM,NET…
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web search NEUTRAL — 8 days ago ... One stock quietly surged over 6% today. Calls on the 110 strike are ... The company's stock rose following an expanded partnership with ...
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DZFxuiQlC5S/
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web search NEUTRAL — Mar 9, 2026 ... Here's why Palantir stock rose ... Large software companies like Microsoft, Oracle, and ServiceNow are investing heavily in AI-powered enterprise ...
https://www.tikr.com/blog/palantir-stock-climbs-8-as-ai-spen…
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Claim 2: “Shares of the software maker closed 36% higher for its best day ever.”
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Multiple independent sources (CNBC, and other web results) report that Snowflake shares jumped 36% on Thursday, marking its best single-day gain ever.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Johannes Kepler (27 December 1571 – 15 November 1630) was a German polymath who was an astronomer, mathematician, astrologer, natural philosopher and music theorist. He is a key figure in the 17th-cen…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The twenty-seventh season of American police procedural crime drama Law & Order: Special Victims Unit premiered on NBC on September 25, 2025, and concluded on May 14, 2026. The season was produced by …
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The twenty-fifth season of American police procedural crime drama Law & Order premiered on NBC on September 25, 2025, and concluded on May 14, 2026. The season was produced by Wolf Entertainment, in c…
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Claim 3: “The company had 46 cross the $1 million benchmark in Q1, compared to 26 a year ago.”
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Claim 4: “Snowflake said it now has 779 customers spending more than $1 million on a trailing 12-month basis.”
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Claim 5: “Snowflake said it plans to spend $6 billion on compute from Amazon”
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Multiple web search results confirm Snowflake plans to spend $6 billion on Amazon's Graviton CPUs and AI accelerators over five years.
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web search NEUTRAL — Snowflake intends to expand its use of Amazon's Graviton general-purpose chips, as well as cloud-based graphics processing units for AI. It's the latest sign that AWS is gaining momentum in AI as clie…
https://theoutpost.ai/news-story/snowflake-commits-6-billion…
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web search NEUTRAL — Snowflake plans to spend $6 billion on Amazon custom Graviton CPUs and AI accelerators over five years.
https://briefly.co/anchor/Tech_industry/story/snowflake-to-b…
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web search NEUTRAL — Discover Snowflake pricing editions tailored to your security and compliance needs. Discover how you only pay for the storage and compute resources you use.
https://www.snowflake.com/en/pricing-options/
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Claim 6: “Snowflake expects a 12.5% fiscal second-quarter adjusted operating margin on $1.415 billion to $1.420 billion in product revenue.”
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CNBC and other financial reports explicitly state the expected 12.5% adjusted operating margin and the product revenue range of $1.415 billion to $1.420 billion.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Tredence Inc. is a privately held data analytics and artificial intelligence (AI) technologies company. The firm is headquartered in San Jose, California, United States, and operates delivery centers …
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Claim 7: “Microsoft, Palo Alto Networks and Atlassian gained at least 3% each.”
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No evidence was found in the provided search results regarding the specific gains of Microsoft, Palo Alto Networks, and Atlassian on that day.
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Claim 8: “Analysts surveyed by StreetAccount anticipated a 11.9% margin, with $1.37 billion in product revenue.”
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CNBC and other reports confirm that StreetAccount analysts anticipated a 11.9% margin and $1.37 billion in product revenue.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Bradley Thomas Gerstner (born May 4, 1971) is an American entrepreneur, investor, venture capitalist, hedge fund manager, and podcaster. He is the founder, chairman, and CEO of Altimeter Capital. Gers…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Snowflake Inc. is an American cloud-based data platform company founded in San Mateo, California, and headquartered in Menlo Park. It operates a platform that supports data analysis and simultaneous a…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snowflake_Inc.
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Claim 9: “With Thursday's gains, Snowflake shares are now up about 9% this year.”
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Claim 10: “The company is expanding its use of Amazon's in-house chips for AI.”
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Web search results explicitly state Snowflake intends to expand its use of Amazon's Graviton general-purpose chips and AI accelerators.
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web search NEUTRAL — Snowflake booth Snowflake Inc. is an American cloud-based data platform company founded in San Mateo, California, and headquartered in Menlo Park. It operates a platform that supports data analysis an…
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snowflake_Inc.
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web search NEUTRAL — Jun 2, 2026 · Snowflake enables organizations to collaborate, build AI-powered data apps, and unlock data insights—all within a secure and scalable AI Data Cloud.
https://www.snowflake.com/en/
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web search NEUTRAL — Snowflake's serverless, managed platform makes enterprise data & AI easy, connected & trusted, featuring built-in governance, FinOps, and observability.
https://www.snowflake.com/en/product/platform/
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Claim 11: “Snowflake said it will buy AI startup Natoma.”
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Claim 12: “Salesforce bucked the trend, with shares sinking slightly after posting lackluster guidance.”
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No evidence was found in the provided search results regarding Salesforce's stock movement or guidance.
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Claim 13: “The company said it added 616 net new customers in the quarter, reflecting 38% year-over-year growth.”
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Claim 14: “Snowflake also boosted guidance on growing momentum toward its AI-powered tools, including Snowflake Intelligence and Cortex Code.”
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Multiple sources confirm Snowflake's updates to Snowflake Intelligence and Cortex Code and that these tools are driving AI momentum and guidance increases.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The science of pattern formation deals with the visible, (statistically) orderly outcomes of self-organization and the common principles behind similar patterns in nature. In developmental biology, pa…
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web search NEUTRAL — Snowflake announces significant updates to Snowflake Intelligence and Cortex Code, advancing its vision to become the control plane for the agentic ...
https://www.snowflake.com/en/news/press-releases/snowflake-e…
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web search NEUTRAL — May 28, 2026 ... The firm said fiscal 2027 product revenue guidance now exceeds 30% growth. Snowflake Intelligence and Cortex Code appear to be driving AI ...
https://ng.investing.com/news/stock-market-news/raymond-jame…
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Claim 15: “Snowflake topped Wall Street's fiscal first quarter adjusted earnings per share and revenue expectations.”
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Sources conflict: one source states Snowflake surpassed analysts' expectations for both, while another reports that revenue exceeded estimates but earnings per share (EPS) missed analyst estimates by 3.5%.
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web search NEUTRAL — May 27, 2026 ... Snowflake Inc. reported strong financial results for the first quarter of fiscal year 2027, surpassing analysts' expectations with an ...
https://www.investing.com/news/transcripts/earnings-call-tra…
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web search NEUTRAL — Net loss: US$295.6m (loss narrowed 31% from 1Q 2026). Revenue exceeded analyst estimates by 5.1%. Earnings per share (EPS) missed analyst estimates by 3.5%.
https://simplywall.st/stocks/us/software/nyse-snow/snowflake…
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web search NEUTRAL — 9 hours ago ... The enterprise software maker released the Snowflake earnings report after the market close. On an adjusted basis, Snowflake earnings were 35 ...
https://www.facebook.com/TriCityHerald1/posts/snowflake-stoc…
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