SambaNova Systems, Inc.

Based in California, US, SambaNova Systems, Inc. was founded in 2017 by co-founders Kunle Olukotun, Rodrigo Liang (CEO), and Christopher Re. The company develops hardware and software platforms for a variety of applications and creates AI (Artificial Intelligence) architecture in the form of algorithms that can be implemented on silicon. In February 2026, SambaNova Systems, Inc.

raised USD 350 million in series E funding co-led by Vista Equity Partners and Cambium Capital, with participation from Intel Capital, T Rowe Price, Battery Ventures, Seligman Investments, GV, and Qatar Investment Authority.   The company offers a suite of AI products and services designed for enterprise and government applications. Its core offerings include SambaStudio®, a software for deploying and managing AI models; SambaStack, a full-stack AI infrastructure for on-premises or cloud deployment; and SambaManaged, a turnkey AI inference service for data centers. These are powered by the proprietary SN40L RDU chip, enabling lightning-fast inference and efficient energy use.

The platform supports open-source models like Llama and DeepSeek, and provides secure, private deployments with full model ownership, fine-tuning capabilities, and retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) for continuous learning. SambaNova generates revenue by offering a full-stack enterprise AI platform through a B2B SaaS model. Its revenue streams include subscriptions to its AI software suite (SambaStudio), hardware systems (DataScale), and managed services (SambaManaged). It also earns from custom model deployments, fine-tuning services, and licensing its Composition of Experts architecture for generative AI workloads.

The company will use the February 2026 funding to develop and scale artificial intelligence inference chips to compete with market leaders and meet growing demand for faster and more efficient inference hardware.