Snowflake plans to acquire Natoma, a startup specializing in MCP-based governance and observability for AI agents. The deal aims to provide enterprises with governed MCP connectivity, identity-aware authorization, policy enforcement, and auditability as AI agents increasingly interact with internal systems via the Model Context Protocol standard. Analysts note that while MCP is becoming the connective tissue for enterprise agents, it is a protocol rather than a governance model, and enterprises still need robust identity controls, least-privilege access, and audit trails to safely deploy agentic workflows at scale. The acquisition positions Snowflake as a potential AI control plane owner, competing with Salesforce, ServiceNow, Microsoft, AWS, and Google in the race to govern enterprise AI agents.
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