Intuitive Surgical’s AI for BI powered by ThoughtSpot and Snowflake

I spend my days helping organizations modernize analytics to drive tangible business outcomes and liberate analytics teams from legacy processes. At this year’s Snowflake Summit ’26 , I had the pleasure of sitting down with AJ Subbarao , Director of Business Intelligence & AI at Intuitive Surgical (ISRG) . Intuitive is a legendary pioneer and global market leader in robotic-assisted, minimally invasive surgery —famed for its ground-breaking da Vinci® surgical system and the newer Ion platform for peripheral lung biopsies. For a company dedicated to extending the capabilities of physicians, und