April 14, 2025 — EMBED Function Added to Cortex REST API — General availability

Snowflake announces the availability of the EMBED function in the Cortex REST API. You can use it to create embeddings for text using the /api/v2/cortex/inference:embed endpoint. The EMBED function supports multiple models and regions, enabling a wide range of use cases, including:

  • Text similarity and clustering.

  • Semantic search and recommendation systems.

  • Multilingual text analysis.

For more information, see EMBED function.

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