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SambaNova
Builds AI chips and systems for training and inference.
Company profile
SambaNova builds AI hardware accelerators called Reconfigurable Dataflow Units and provides AI infrastructure products and services for businesses. Wikipediafundediq.co
Its platform supports inference, fine-tuning and model deployment, with capabilities for agentic AI and integration into existing data centers. SambaNova websitefundediq.co
- Founded
- 2017
- Founders
- Kunle Olukotun, Christopher Ré, Rodrigo Liang
- Headquarters
- Palo Alto
- Chief executive
- Rodrigo Liang
- Employees
- Not publicly reported
- Ownership
- Not publicly reported
- Total funding
- Not publicly reported
- Latest funding round
- Series F, $1.0B, Jul 2026
- Valuation
- Not publicly reported
- Revenue
- Not publicly reported
Drawn from Wikidata, Wikipedia, the company's own site and news and web sources; each figure links to its source. Researched Oct 19, 2026.
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