On August 3, Snowflake rose 3.27% in regular trading, trading at $314.26/share, with turnover of $481 million. The rally was driven by a combination of competitor valuation surge and a wave of investment bank target price upgrades.

On the news front, competitor Databricks recently completed a $3 billion funding round at a valuation of $188 billion, triggering a broad revaluation of the AI data platform sector. Multiple investment banks have raised their target prices on Snowflake: UBS lifted its target to $370, RBC Capital Markets raised to $313 while maintaining an Outperform rating, Deutsche Bank moved to $300, and Jefferies maintained a Buy rating with a $310 target, noting Snowflake could rise an additional 14%.

Additionally, Snowflake recently launched Cortex AI Gateway and several AI security innovations designed to help enterprises securely scale their AI agent ecosystems. The new capabilities address two core barriers to large-scale AI agent deployment — security and cost control — further strengthening Snowflake's competitive position in the enterprise AI space and providing additional support for market sentiment.

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