SambaNova Systems

SambaNova Systems builds AI inference chips, systems, and cloud services for enterprises, AI labs, and service providers. Its SambaRack systems run models in customer data centers, while OpenAI-compatible APIs let developers connect applications to inference. SambaOrchestrator manages model deployments, monitoring, and automatic scaling across data centers. Together, these products support running large models and switching among models for agent workflows.

Founded in 2017, SambaNova was co-founded by CEO Rodrigo Liang, chief technologist Kunle Olukotun, and Christopher Ré. Its engineering centers on Reconfigurable Dataflow Units, which combine dataflow processing with three-tier memory. Its 2024 SN40L research described how streaming dataflow and SRAM, HBM, and DDR memory work together to address model-serving memory constraints. The paper demonstrated Composition of Experts with 150 specialized models and a trillion total parameters, addressing the cost of hosting multiple models and switching between them.

In July 2026, SambaNova completed the first close of $1 billion in Series F financing, led by General Atlantic at an $11 billion post-money valuation. JPMorganChase selected its SN40 and SN50 systems for on-premises inference. That month, the company reported a $3.5 billion order from Vector Core Compute for deployment over three years.