Snowpipe, a serverless service provided by Snowflake, is designed to streamline the fast and automated process of ingesting data into Snowflake tables. It enables the immediate loading of data from files as soon as they appear in a specified stage. This method allows for data to be loaded in small, manageable batches, granting users access to the data within minutes. This eliminates the necessity of manually executing COPY statements on a fixed schedule to load larger batches of data.