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shāng yè
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Snowflake (cloud data company)
Snowflake
Snowflake
quarterly / fiscal quarter
jìdù
季度
revenue / earnings
yínɡshōu
营收
to exceed / to surpass
chāochū
超出
expectations / forecast
yùqī
预期
and / also
bìng
with
Amazon
Yàmǎxùn
亚马逊
to sign / to conclude
qiānshǔ
签署
$6 billion
60 yì měiyuán
60亿美元
agreement / deal
xiéyì
协议

cloud data
yún shùjù
云数据
company
gōngsī
公司
Snowflake (cloud data company)
Snowflake
Snowflake
to announce / to release
gōngbù
公布
first quarter
dìyī jìdù
第一季度
revenue
yínɡshōu
营收
to reach / to achieve
dádào
达到
$1.39 billion
13.9 yì měiyuán
13.9亿美元
year-on-year / compared with the same period
tónɡbǐ
同比
to grow / growth
zēnɡzhǎnɡ
增长
33 percent
bǎifēnzhī sānshísān
33%
company
gōngsī
公司
at the same time / simultaneously
tónɡshí
同时
to announce
xuānbù
宣布
will / going to
jiānɡ
in / within
zài
within five years
wǔ nián nèi
五年内
toward / to
xiànɡ
Amazon
Yàmǎxùn
亚马逊
cloud services
yún fúwù
云服务
to invest / to put into
tóurù
投入
$6 billion
60 yì měiyuán
60亿美元

May 29, 2026 at 8:00 AM

cloud data
yún shùjù
云数据
company
gōngsī
公司
Snowflake (cloud data company)
Snowflake
Snowflake
at / on (formal)
May 28
wǔ yuè èrshíbā rì
5月28日
to release / to publish
fābù
发布
(completed action marker)
le
fiscal year 2027
2027 cáinián
2027财年
first quarter
dìyī jìdù
第一季度
financial report / earnings report
cáibào
财报
company
gōngsī
公司
quarterly
jìdù
季度
revenue
yínɡshōu
营收
to reach
dádào
达到
$1.39 billion
13.9 yì měiyuán
13.9亿美元
to exceed
chāochū
超出
analyst
fēnxīshī
分析师
(possessive/modifier particle)
de
expectations / forecast
yùqī
预期
product
chǎnpǐn
产品
revenue
yínɡshōu
营收
is / amounts to
wéi
$1.33 billion
13.3 yì měiyuán
13.3亿美元
year-on-year
tónɡbǐ
同比
growth
zēnɡzhǎnɡ
增长
34 percent
bǎifēnzhī sānshísì
34%
per share
měi gǔ
每股
adjusted / after adjustment
tiáozhěng hòu
调整后
earnings / profit
yínglì
盈利
amounts to
wéi
39 cents
39 měi fēn
39美分
higher than / above
gāoyú
高于
market
shìchǎng
市场
forecast / prediction
yùcè
预测
at the same time / meanwhile
yǔcǐ tónɡshí
与此同时
Snowflake (cloud data company)
Snowflake
Snowflake
to announce
xuānbù
宣布
with
Amazon
Yàmǎxùn
亚马逊
cloud services
yún fúwù
云服务
to sign
qiānshǔ
签署
five-year term / five-year period
wǔ nián qī
五年期
$6 billion
60 yì měiyuán
60亿美元
partnership agreement
hézuò xiéyì
合作协议
both parties / both sides
shuāngfāng
双方
will
jiānɡ
focus / key area
zhòngdiǎn
重点
to advance / to push forward
tuījìn
推进
enterprise / business
qǐyè
企业
level / grade
artificial intelligence
rénɡōnɡ zhìnénɡ
人工智能
workloads / computing tasks
gōnɡzuò fùzài
工作负载
this / the said
gāi
agreement
xiéyì
协议
will
jiānɡ
to utilize / to leverage
lìyòng
利用
Amazon
Yàmǎxùn
亚马逊
Graviton (Amazon chip)
Graviton
Graviton
chip / semiconductor
xīnpiàn
芯片
and / as well as
AI (artificial intelligence)
AI
AI
GPU (graphics processing unit)
GPU
GPU
technology
jìshù
技术
news / announcement
xiāoxi
消息
to announce / to release
gōngbù
公布
after
hòu
company
gōngsī
公司
stock price / share price
gǔjià
股价
in / during
zài
after-hours trading
pán hòu
盘后
to surge sharply / to jump significantly
dàzhǎnɡ
大涨
nearly / close to
jìn
37 percent
bǎifēnzhī sānshíqī
37%
company
gōngsī
公司
also / in addition
hái
to raise / to revise upward
shànɡtiáo
上调
full year / annual
quánnián
全年
product
chǎnpǐn
产品
revenue
yínɡshōu
营收
guidance / forecast
zhǐyǐn
指引
to / up to
zhì
$5.84 billion
58.4 yì měiyuán
58.4亿美元

New Words

Snowflake
Snowflake
Snowflake
yíngsōu
营收
revenue
dádào
达到
to reach
chǎnpǐn
产品
product
tóngbǐ
同比
year-over-year
Yàmǎxùn
亚马逊
Amazon
hézuò
合作
cooperation
réngōng zhìnéng
人工智能
artificial intelligence
GPU
GPU
GPU
zhǐyǐn
指引
guidance

News in English

Business

Snowflake Quarterly Revenue Beats Forecasts and Signs $6 Billion Amazon Deal

Cloud data company Snowflake reported first-quarter revenue of $1.39 billion, up 33 percent year-on-year. The company simultaneously announced it will invest $6 billion in Amazon cloud services over five years.

Cloud data company Snowflake released its fiscal year 2027 first quarter financial report on May 28. The company's quarterly revenue reached 1.39 billion dollars, exceeding analyst expectations. Product revenue was 1.33 billion dollars, growing 34 percent year-over-year. Adjusted earnings per share was 39 cents, higher than market forecasts. Meanwhile, Snowflake announced a five-year 6 billion dollar partnership agreement with Amazon cloud services. Both parties will focus on advancing enterprise-level artificial intelligence workloads. The agreement will utilize Amazon Graviton chips and artificial intelligence GPU technology. Following the announcement, the company's stock price surged nearly 37 percent after-hours trading. The company also raised full-year product revenue guidance to 5.84 billion dollars.

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CPI
only / merely
jǐn
to rise / to go up
shēng
0.1 percent
0.1%
0.1%
interest rate hike
jiā xī
加息
worry / concern
dānyōu
担忧
to ease / to alleviate
huǎnjiě
缓解

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Trian Fund Management (investment firm)
Tèlǐān Jījīn
特里安基金
to plan / plan
jìhuà
计划
to acquire / takeover
shōugòu
收购
Wendys (fast-food chain)
Wēndí
温迪
stock price
gǔjià
股价
to rise / to go up
shàngzhǎng
上涨
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13%
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