Snowflake stock closed up 36% on Thursday, its best day ever, after the company boosted guidance and announced an AI compute deal with Amazon (Samantha Subin/CNBC)

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Samantha Subin / CNBC: Snowflake stock closed up 36% on Thursday, its best day ever, after the company boosted guidance and announced an AI compute deal with Amazon - Software stocks popped on Thursday after Snowflake said it plans to spend $6B on compute from Amazon and topped earnings estimates on artificial intelligence momentum.