# Capital One Software

> Capital One Software is the enterprise B2B software division of Capital One, offering cloud data management solutions built from tools the company developed internally over 25+ years of operating at scale. Its two flagship products are Slingshot (data cloud cost optimization and governance for Snowflake) and Databolt (vaultless tokenization for securing sensitive data at scale).

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## Overview

- [Data Management Solutions | Capital One Software home](https://capitalonesoftware.com): Drive secure, cost-effective cloud data operations at enterprise scale with Capital One Software’s advanced data management and security expertise.

## Slingshot

Slingshot feature pages live at `/slingshot`.

- [Optimize Snowflake Cloud Data with Slingshot | Capital One Software](https://capitalonesoftware.com/slingshot): Optimize your Snowflake data cloud with Capital One Slingshot. Drive cost efficiency, automate governance and confidently scale across your enterprise.

## Databolt

Databolt feature pages live at `/databolt`.

- [Secure data for AI workloads with Databolt | Capital One Software](https://capitalonesoftware.com/databolt): Secure your sensitive data with Capital One Databolt—a highly performant vaultless tokenization solution. Request a demo to see it in action.

## Events

- [Events | Capital One Software](https://capitalonesoftware.com/events): Explore data management conferences and webinars with Capital One Software. Learn enterprise strategies to secure and optimize your cloud data infrastructure.

## Resources

- [Resource Library | Capital One Software](https://capitalonesoftware.com/resources): Access industry research, expert guides, webinars and more—designed to help your business optimize your data and AI infrastructure.
- [Tokenization and the Path to Secure Enterprise Innovation | Capital One Software](https://capitalonesoftware.com/resources/tokenization-secure-enterprise-innovation): Our research with PwC shows tokenization preserves 99.7% of AI model accuracy while protecting sensitive data—enabling data teams to innovate at scale.
- [Snowflake Optimization Best Practices (E-book) | Capital One Software](https://capitalonesoftware.com/resources/snowflake-optimization-best-practices-guide): Get actionable Snowflake optimization techniques to balance cost and performance at scale. Download the e-book guide by Capital One Software.
- [Databolt x Snowflake: Partnering for Secure Data Innovation | Capital One Software](https://capitalonesoftware.com/resources/databolt-snowflake-secure-data-innovation-webinar): Watch our webinar with Snowflake to learn how Capital One Databolt can help enable secure, high-speed tokenization directly in your Snowflake environment.
- [Get Free Databricks Insights with Health Check | Capital One Software](https://capitalonesoftware.com/resources/databricks-health-dashboard): Optimize your Databricks environment by identifying over-provisioned resources, failing jobs and other inefficiencies with our free health check dashboard.
- [Databricks TPC-DS Benchmark Notebooks | Capital One Software](https://capitalonesoftware.com/resources/databricks-benchmark-notebooks): Run these notebooks to benchmark the cost and performance of Jobs Classic vs Jobs Serverless vs serverless SQL warehouses using TPC-DS benchmark datasets.
- [Tokenization for Data Protection (White Paper) | Capital One Software](https://capitalonesoftware.com/resources/the-role-of-tokenization-in-data-protection): Encryption alone can’t keep pace with modern threats. Learn how tokenization adds a zero-trust layer that secures PII and enables safe analytics.
- [Ditch Legacy Tools: How to Win with Modern Data Security | Capital One Software](https://capitalonesoftware.com/resources/how-to-win-with-modern-data-security): 72% of leaders rely on legacy security tools & they’re falling behind. Discover how modern data security can give forward-thinking teams the edge in the AI era.
- [Data Security in the AI Era: Forrester Study | Capital One Software](https://capitalonesoftware.com/resources/data-security-ai-era-forrester-study): Discover how data leaders are evolving their security stacks to stay competitive with new Forrester research.
- [Snowflake TPC-DS Benchmark Worksheet | Capital One Software](https://capitalonesoftware.com/resources/snowflake-benchmark-sql-worksheet): Compare the cost and performance of Snowflake Gen1, Gen2 and Snowpark-optimized warehouses by running our pre-built TPC-DS benchmark SQL worksheet.
- [Unlock AI with Tokenization Webinar | Capital One Software](https://capitalonesoftware.com/resources/databolt-pwc-unlock-ai-tokenization-webinar): Capital One Databolt experts sat down with PwC for a discussion on how tokenization enables a modern data security strategy for the AI era.

## Company

- [About Us | Capital One Software](https://capitalonesoftware.com/about): Meet Capital One Software. Explore our mission to build enterprise-grade data management & security solutions for the AI-era.
- [Press and News | Capital One Software](https://capitalonesoftware.com/news): Access the latest Capital One Software press, announcements and media resources.
- [Capital One Databolt Now Integrates Natively with AWS | Capital One Software](https://capitalonesoftware.com/news/capital-one-databolt-integrates-aws): Capital One Databolt announces integration with AWS to help enterprises secure sensitive data at scale for AI, analytics, customer intelligence and more.
- [Capital One Software Unveils Capital One Databolt | Capital One Software](https://capitalonesoftware.com/news/capital-one-software-announces-capital-one-databolt): Capital One Databolt offers enterprise-scale data security with best-in-class performance.
- [Capital One Software Deepens Collaboration with Snowflake | Capital One Software](https://capitalonesoftware.com/news/capital-one-software-deepens-collaboration-with-snowflake): Capital One Software is deepening its collaboration with Snowflake to help companies better protect and manage their data.
- [Snowflake 2023 Innovation Partner | Capital One Software](https://capitalonesoftware.com/news/capital-one-software-named-innovation-partner): Capital One Software was recognized for helping customers optimize their Snowflake compute spend and reduce waste and inefficiencies with Capital One Slingshot.
- [Capital One Software Releases Cost Breakdown Report Feature | Capital One Software](https://capitalonesoftware.com/news/capital-one-software-releases-cost-breakdown-report-feature): Capital One Slingshot's cost breakdown report gives customers more granular visibility into Snowflake usage and costs.
- [Capital One Software Strengthens Partnership with Databricks | Capital One Software](https://capitalonesoftware.com/news/capital-one-software-strengthens-partnership-with-databricks): Capital One Software is strengthening its partnership with Databricks to help companies better secure and manage their data.
- [Capital One Slingshot to Expand to Databricks | Capital One Software](https://capitalonesoftware.com/news/capital-one-software-to-expand-capital-one-slingshot-to-databricks): Slingshot for Databricks will offer customers greater visibility into their Databricks costs and insights to improve Databricks usage.
- [Databolt Expands to Meet Growing Data Security Complexity | Capital One Software](https://capitalonesoftware.com/news/expanded-databolt-capabilites-addressing-data-security-complexity): Capital One Software expands Databolt to address evolving data security complexity, enabling enterprises to unlock AI potential.
- [Databolt Now Integrates with Databricks and Snowflake | Capital One Software](https://capitalonesoftware.com/news/new-databolt-integrations): Capital One Software announced integrations for Databolt that enable companies to tokenize data in Databricks and Snowflake.
- [Slingshot's New Optimization Features Drive Data Efficiency | Capital One Software](https://capitalonesoftware.com/news/slingshot-new-optimization-features-data-efficiency): Drive system-wide data efficiency with Capital One Slingshot's new AI-powered optimization features.
- [Capital One Software Introduces Databolt Connect | Capital One Software](https://capitalonesoftware.com/news/introducing-databolt-connect-databricks): Announcing Databolt Connect for the Databricks Marketplace. Facilitate secure, privacy-compliant data collaboration for health & life sciences.

## Blog

The blog has 53 posts covering data governance, cloud cost optimization, data security, tokenization, Snowflake/Databricks, and enterprise data management.

- [Blog | Capital One Software](https://capitalonesoftware.com/blog): Explore the Capital One Software blog for expert insights on enterprise data management, Snowflake optimization, AI security and scaling data architectures.
- [Snowflake AI Cost Observability with Slingshot Agent Observe | Capital One Software](https://capitalonesoftware.com/blog/ai-cost-observability-snowflake-agent-observe): Stop guessing your AI spend. Slingshot Agent Observe delivers metadata-driven cost visibility for your Snowflake agents, models & usage trends.
- [How to Use Claude Fable 5 & Mythos Models with Enterprise Data | Capital One Software](https://capitalonesoftware.com/blog/fable5-mythos5-enterprise-data): Claude Fable 5 requires 30-day data retention. Learn how tokenization can protect sensitive enterprise data while preserving its utility for AI.
- [Building a GenAI Cost Supervisor Agent in Databricks | Capital One Software](https://capitalonesoftware.com/blog/databricks-genai-cost-supervisor-agent): Optimize your GenAI spend in Databricks. Get on-demand cost analysis, governance insights and optimization recommendations from our GenAI agent.
- [Snowflake Gen2 Warehouse Migration Considerations | Capital One Software](https://capitalonesoftware.com/blog/snowflake-generation2-warehouses-technical-considerations): Should you upgrade to Snowflake Gen2? Learn how Gen1, Gen2 and Snowpark-optimized warehouses compare for performance, efficiency and cost.
- [How Capital One Modernized Third-Party Cyber Risk | Capital One Software](https://capitalonesoftware.com/blog/3rd-party-cyber-risk-model): See how Capital One shifted from traditional cyber compliance to engineering-led risk remediation & vaultless tokenization to secure its third-party ecosystem.
- [Do I Need a Graph Database? Framework to Evaluate Graph DBs | Capital One Software](https://capitalonesoftware.com/blog/graph-database-evaluation): Is a dedicated graph database right for you? Use this decision framework to evaluate Neo4j, Neptune, Cosmos DB and Fabric Graph against a Postgres baseline.
- [Beyond the Vault: 3 Trends Defining Data Protection | Capital One Software](https://capitalonesoftware.com/blog/beyond-the-vault-3-trends-modern-data-protection): Explore three key data protection trends and discover tips for future-proofing your data management and security strategy.
- [Bringing Databolt to Snowflake | Capital One Software](https://capitalonesoftware.com/blog/bringing-databolt-to-snowflake): Learn how Capital One Databolt integrates directly with Snowflake to seamlessly tokenize sensitive data.
- [Capital Rx’s Prescription to Scale Snowflake with Slingshot | Capital One Software](https://capitalonesoftware.com/blog/capital-rx-prescription-for-data-scaling): As data demands soared, Capital Rx turned to Capital One Slingshot to optimize resources, reduce compute costs and unify warehouse management.
- [15 Cloud Cost Optimization Best Practices | Capital One Software](https://capitalonesoftware.com/blog/cloud-cost-optimization): Cloud cost optimization provides critical visibility into cloud spend. Learn what cloud optimization is and 15 best practices for maximizing cost efficiency.
- [Inside Databolt’s Deployment Model | Capital One Software](https://capitalonesoftware.com/blog/databolt-deployment-model): Learn how Capital One Databolt offers flexible options to deploy within your data environment.
- [Jobs Classic vs Jobs Serverless vs DBSQL Who Wins on TPC-DS? | Capital One Software](https://capitalonesoftware.com/blog/databricks-benchmarks-classic-jobs-serverless-jobs-dbsql-comparison): We ran the full TPC-DS benchmark across Databricks Jobs Serverless, Jobs Classic and Serverless SQL and found a clear winner for cost and performance.
- [Databricks Lakebase: Unifying OLTP and OLAP in the Lakehouse | Capital One Software](https://capitalonesoftware.com/blog/databricks-lakebase-unify-oltp-olap): Bridge the OLTP/OLAP divide with Databricks Lakebase–achieve unified governance, cost optimization and developer velocity for real-time applications.
- [The End of Human-Speed Security | Capital One Software](https://capitalonesoftware.com/blog/end-human-speed-cybersecurity): Mythos signals the end of human-speed security. Learn why the strategic center of gravity is shifting to data-layer protection against AI-accelerated attacks.
- [End the privacy vs. utility trade-off: Tokenized data for AI | Capital One Software](https://capitalonesoftware.com/blog/end-privacy-utility-tradeoff-tokenization-ai): Unlock your AI’s potential. New research reveals that AI/ML models trained on tokenized data are nearly twice as accurate as those using data masking.
- [HIMSS26: 3 Signals Changing the Healthcare Data Landscape | Capital One Software](https://capitalonesoftware.com/blog/himss26-healthcare-data-landscape-signals): Rethink your healthcare data strategy. Review 3 critical signals from HIMSS26 on data security, data governance and AI adoption.
- [How Capital One Uses Tokenization to Protect Data | Capital One Software](https://capitalonesoftware.com/blog/how-capital-one-uses-tokenization-to-protect-data): Learn how you can tokenize data in your Databricks and Snowflake ecosystems to unlock opportunities for data-driven growth.
- [Securing the Future of AI with Tokenization: Databolt | Capital One Software](https://capitalonesoftware.com/blog/how-databolt-is-securing-the-future-of-ai-with-tokenization): Learn how Capital One Databolt’s modern data security solution is helping enterprises securely test, train and deploy AI models.
- [RSAC 2026: Moving from Speculative AI to Agentic Reality | Capital One Software](https://capitalonesoftware.com/blog/innovation-in-security-rsac-2026): Get the RSAC 2026 recap on securing your data from unmanaged AI agents, collapsing cyber attack windows and building data resilience.
- [Intent-Driven Security for the Next Wave of AI Evolution | Capital One Software](https://capitalonesoftware.com/blog/intent-driven-security-for-ai-evolution): Design your data security posture for the AI-era. Shift from reactive tools to an intent-driven architecture that protects sensitive data everywhere.
- [How to Manage Secure Data and Cost Visibility for AI | Capital One Software](https://capitalonesoftware.com/blog/managing-secure-data-and-cost-visbility-for-ai): Explore Capital One's best practices for building an AI-ready data foundation by balancing data quality, robust security controls and cost governance.
- [Optimization Techniques to Maximize the Value of Your Data | Capital One Software](https://capitalonesoftware.com/blog/optimization-techniques-maximize-data-value): Get optimization techniques to reduce costs and improve performance—ultimately maximizing the value of your data.
- [Scaling Agent Context with Knowledge Graphs on Snowflake | Capital One Software](https://capitalonesoftware.com/blog/scaling-agent-context-snowflake-knowledge-graphs): Build durable, stateful memory for your LLM agents. Discover a Snowflake-native, relational knowledge graph solution for more reliable LLM agent context.
- [Secure Analytics in Databricks with Databolt | Capital One Software](https://capitalonesoftware.com/blog/secure-analytics-in-databricks-with-databolt): Learn how Capital One Databolt integrates with Databricks to seamlessly tokenize sensitive data.
- [Snowflake CoCo CLI: Hands-On Review for TPC-DS 10TB | Capital One Software](https://capitalonesoftware.com/blog/snowflake-coco-cli): Deep dive into Snowflake's CoCo CLI. An AI-powered CLI core to Cortex AI coding agent for data professionals.
- [Snowflake Warehouse Optimization with Slingshot | Capital One Software](https://capitalonesoftware.com/blog/snowflake-warehouse-optimization-slingshot): Explore dynamic scheduling and governance features to optimize the cost and performance of your Snowflake data cloud at scale.
- [Validate, Optimize & Manage Snowflake Gen2 | Capital One Software](https://capitalonesoftware.com/blog/slingshot-gen2-optimization-validation-management-features): Discover new Slingshot features–like Snowflake Gen2 testing & optimization–to better understand, resolve and validate data cloud operational issues.
- [How to Choose the Right Snowflake Warehouse Size | Capital One Software](https://capitalonesoftware.com/blog/snowflake-warehouse-sizes): Learn how Snowflake warehouse sizes affect performance & cloud costs. Explore warehouse sizing best practices, optimization techniques & rightsizing strategies.
- [Free Snowflake Health Check App | Capital One Software](https://capitalonesoftware.com/blog/snowflake-health-check-app-optimization): Learn how to assess Snowflake account health with 20 reports covering warehouse sizing, storage costs and query performance.
- [How Vaultless Tokenization Benefits Enterprise Data Security | Capital One Software](https://capitalonesoftware.com/blog/why-vaultless-tokenization-is-a-game-changer): Learn how vaultless tokenization helps enterprises protect sensitive data at scale. Compare vaulted vs. vaultless tokenization, encryption and other approaches.
- [Snowflake Gen1 vs. Gen2 vs. Snowpark-Optimized Warehouses | Capital One Software](https://capitalonesoftware.com/blog/snowflake-warehouse-benchmark-gen1-gen2-snowpark-optimized): We benchmarked Snowflake Gen1, Gen2 and Snowpark-optimized warehouses—see which delivered the best performance & cost efficiency for analytics, ETL & DML work.
- [What is Data Tokenization? Enterprise Security Benefits Explained | Capital One Software](https://capitalonesoftware.com/blog/what-is-data-tokenization): Explore how tokenization protects PII and PCI data, how it compares to encryption and why enterprises use tokenization in cloud environments.
- [Future-Proof Data Security With Post-Quantum Cryptography | Capital One Software](https://capitalonesoftware.com/blog/securing-quantum-era-future-proof-data): Learn how post-quantum cryptography (PQC) and quantum-safe security strategies can help protect sensitive data from future quantum computing risks.
- [4 Tokenization Best Practices for Enterprise Data Security | Capital One Software](https://capitalonesoftware.com/blog/4-lessons-securing-data-across-enterprise): Learn enterprise data security best practices—data governance, sensitive data identification, tokenization & reducing data exposure for AI and analytics.
- [Optimize Snowflake Queries for Better Performance & Lower Costs | Capital One Software](https://capitalonesoftware.com/blog/addressing-query-performance-challenges-snowflake): Explore Snowflake query optimization techniques that reduce costs, improve performance and help prevent warehouse bottlenecks and inefficient workloads.
- [AI for Data Professionals: Automating SQL, Pipelines & Data Prep | Capital One Software](https://capitalonesoftware.com/blog/ai-data-engineer-force-multiplier): Learn how AI helps data engineers and analysts automate data preparation, optimize SQL, manage pipelines and accelerate insights while reducing manual work.
- [21 SQL Queries to Assess Databricks Health | Capital One Software](https://capitalonesoftware.com/blog/databricks-health-check-dashboard-queries): Learn how to assess Databricks health with 21 SQL queries that analyze usage, costs, performance, SQL warehouses, jobs and data lineage.
- [Layered Data Security: How To Balance Security and Utility | Capital One Software](https://capitalonesoftware.com/blog/layered-data-security-balancing-security-utility): Discover the power of Capital One Databolt's layered data security approach–foundational tokenization combined with granular dynamic masking.
- [Smarter Snowflake Budgets & Adaptive Warehouses | Capital One Software](https://capitalonesoftware.com/blog/snowflake-adaptive-warehouses-budgets-ml-forcasting): Test Snowflake Gen2 and serverless adaptive warehouses with Slingshot. Track budgets and use ML-driven hourly forecasting to catch cost anomalies early.
- [When Healthcare Data Collaborates, Science Moves Faster | Capital One Software](https://capitalonesoftware.com/blog/secure-healthcare-data-collaboration-databricks): Unlock secure data collaboration with Databolt Connect on Databricks. Simplify HIPAA-compliant sharing for healthcare organizations.
- [Scaling the Agentic Enterprise: Snowflake Summit 2026 Recap | Capital One Software](https://capitalonesoftware.com/blog/scaling-agentic-enterprise-snowflake): See how pairing Snowflake’s native innovations with Capital One Software helps to optimize, govern, secure and derisk your data and AI operations at scale.
- [Smarter Snowflake Optimization with Slingshot's Contextual AI | Capital One Software](https://capitalonesoftware.com/blog/slingshot-contextual-ai-data-efficiency): Discover how Capital One Slingshot's contextual AI optimizes Snowflake by automatically fixing inefficient queries, tables & redundant pipelines to cut costs.
- [5 Services That Define the Snowflake AI Data Cloud | Capital One Software](https://capitalonesoftware.com/blog/5-snowflake-ai-services): Explore five AI services–from CoCo to CoWork–that have transformed Snowflake from a data platform to an AI data cloud.
- [Modern Data Security for the AI Era | Capital One Software](https://capitalonesoftware.com/blog/ai-era-data-security-capital-one-software-snowflake): Protect sensitive data while accelerating AI initiatives and driving business growth with Databolt and Snowflake.
- [Best Practices for Snowflake Cost and Access Control | Capital One Software](https://capitalonesoftware.com/blog/best-practices-snowflake-cost-access-control): Capital One shares its federated model for cost-effective Snowflake warehouse provisioning, governance and resource-level RBAC.
- [Lessons from Capital One's Cloud Migration Journey | Capital One Software](https://capitalonesoftware.com/blog/cloud-migration-journey): Learn how Capital One migrated to AWS and modernized thousands of applications. Explore cloud-first insights and modernization best practices.
- [What Is Cloud Governance? Framework and Best Practices | Capital One Software](https://capitalonesoftware.com/blog/cloud-governance): Cloud governance is the framework for managing cloud services. Learn the definition and best practices for building a framework.
- [Using Iceberg Tables to Implement a Lakehouse Architecture | Capital One Software](https://capitalonesoftware.com/blog/iceberg-tables-lakehouse-architecture): Learn how Capital One used Iceberg Tables to move Snowflake consumption to a lakehouse and best practices for doing so.
- [What Are Data Contracts and How Do They Improve Data Quality? | Capital One Software](https://capitalonesoftware.com/blog/data-contracts-become-default-data-quality): Learn how data contracts improve data quality, strengthen governance and help organizations create reliable data products.
- [Top 5 Databricks Features Announced at DAIS 2025 | Capital One Software](https://capitalonesoftware.com/blog/databricks-top-features-announced-data-engineers-2025): Explore key Databricks features for data engineers and platform leaders announced at DAIS 2025.
- [Managing World-Class Data for World-Class AI | Capital One Software](https://capitalonesoftware.com/blog/managing-data-for-ai): Learn tips for managing high-quality data that is well governed and easy to find, understand and use—ultimately powering AI use cases that drive real business value.
- [Context is key to surpass AI’s 40% success: Gartner D&A 2026 | Capital One Software](https://capitalonesoftware.com/blog/context-ai-success-gartner-data-analytics-summit-2026-recap): The top 3 trends from Gartner Data & Analytics 2026: Deterministic semantics, unified data context and governance as an enabler.