--- title: Case Study | Extracting Insights from 300,000+ Files Using Snowflake Cortex AI Agents description: Continuus built an AI document intelligence platform on Snowflake for a global enterprise, indexing 300,000+ files for natural language query via Cortex Agents. image: https://blog.continuus.ai/hubfs/businessman%20hand%20working%20with%20modern%20technology%20and%20digital%20layer%20effect%20as%20business%20strategy%20concept-4.jpeg --- [Skip to content](https://blog.continuus.ai/case-study-extracting-insights-from-300000-files-using-snowflake-cortex-ai-agents#main-content) [![Continuus Logo 2024 - Horizontal - Full Color - Padded-1](https://blog.continuus.ai/hs-fs/hubfs/Continuus%20Logo%202024%20-%20Horizontal%20-%20Full%20Color%20-%20Padded-1.png?width=1803&height=665&name=Continuus%20Logo%202024%20-%20Horizontal%20-%20Full%20Color%20-%20Padded-1.png)](https://www.continuus.ai/) - [Services](https://www.continuus.ai/services) - [Partners](https://www.continuus-technologies.com/partners) - Company Show submenu for Company - [About](https://www.continuus.ai/about) - [Our Team](https://www.continuus.ai/our-team) - [Careers](https://www.continuus.ai/careers) - [News](https://www.continuus.ai/news-recognition) - [Resources](https://blog.continuus-technologies.com/) - [Contact](https://www.continuus-technologies.com/contact) Open main navigation Close main navigation - [Services](https://www.continuus.ai/services) - [Partners](https://www.continuus-technologies.com/partners) - Company Show submenu for Company - [About](https://www.continuus.ai/about) - [Our Team](https://www.continuus.ai/our-team) - [Careers](https://www.continuus.ai/careers) - [News](https://www.continuus.ai/news-recognition) - [Resources](https://blog.continuus-technologies.com/) - [Contact](https://www.continuus-technologies.com/contact) [All posts](https://blog.continuus.ai/all) November 5, 2026 # Case Study | Extracting Insights from 300,000+ Files Using Snowflake Cortex AI Agents ![Picture of Andy Leichtle](https://blog.continuus.ai/hs-fs/hubfs/continuus-retreat-sept2022-119%20(1).jpg?width=50&name=continuus-retreat-sept2022-119%20(1).jpg) By  [Andy Leichtle](https://blog.continuus.ai/author/andy-leichtle)  ·  1 minute read [Return to Resources](https://blog.continuus.ai/) Continuus, an Acuity Analytics company, built an AI document intelligence platform on Snowflake that lets users query a large, unstructured file archive in natural language through Cortex Agents. ## The Client A global enterprise with more than 300,000 company files that needed a way to extract insights quickly and accurately. ## The Problem The firm's document library of more than 300,000 unstructured files contained limited metadata, which made it difficult to retrieve relevant content quickly. Researchers and analysts spent considerable time manually navigating the archive rather than analyzing its contents. Existing tools could not manage the archive's volume or complexity. The firm needed a cloud-native platform capable of ingesting, indexing, and querying documents at scale. ## The Solution Continuus built an end-to-end AI document intelligence platform on Snowflake, combining file ingestion pipelines, Cortex Agents, and Snowpark Container Services. - An end-to-end pipeline parses, chunks, and indexes more than 300,000 files into a searchable Snowflake corpus. - Cortex Agents are configured with search, analyst, and custom tools for complex multi-step queries. - Snowpark Container Services were deployed to audit two external systems within the Snowflake environment. ## The Outcome - Users extract insights from more than 300,000 files in a fraction of the previous time, replacing hours of manual archive navigation with conversational queries - An unstructured document library is now a structured, indexed corpus the organization can query in plain language - Cortex Agents handle complex, multi-step research queries and return synthesized answers rather than raw search results - Snowpark Container Services auditing two external systems extend the platform beyond document intelligence, giving a unified operational view within Snowflake ## Download the Case Study View or download the full case study below. 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