Snowflake Arctic is a large language model (LLM) specifically designed for enterprise-level AI tasks. It excels in benchmarks such as SQL generation, coding, and compliance with instructions, performing admirably even when compared to open-source models with higher computational budgets. Arctic provides a highly cost-effective way to create custom models for Snowflake clients and the wider AI community through its efficient training and inference. In addition, Arctic licenses under Apache 2.0, offering unrestricted access to model weights and code, further promoting community openness and cost-effectiveness through open-source data recipes and research insights.