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SambaNova Systems, Inc.

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SambaNova Systems, headquartered in Palo Alto, California, is a leader in next-generation AI technologies. The company's flagship product, the SambaNova Suite, offers a full-stack AI platform designed for enterprise-scale generative AI, empowering customers to enhance operational efficiency and uncover new revenue opportunities. SambaNova's technology enables the deployment of advanced AI capabilities to outperform competitors in various industries.

Founded: 2017

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SambaNova Company Overview

SambaNova Systems, established in 2017 and based in Palo Alto, California, is at the forefront of advancing enterprise-scale AI, particularly in the realm of generative AI. The company was founded by Rodrigo Liang, a former executive at Oracle, along with Stanford Professors Kunle Olukotun and Chris Ré. SambaNova’s mission is to deliver integrated, full-stack AI solutions that combine custom-built hardware, advanced software, and industry-leading AI models. Their flagship product, the SambaNova Suite, exemplifies this approach by providing a comprehensive platform designed to optimize the development, deployment, and management of AI workloads. The Suite is underpinned by SambaNova's proprietary hardware, including the SN40L chip, which is engineered to handle the immense computational demands of AI and machine learning tasks. This custom-built hardware is complemented by sophisticated software that enables rapid training and inference of AI models, making it particularly valuable for enterprises that require large-scale, high-performance AI capabilities. The platform's versatility is evident in its application across diverse sectors such as finance, healthcare, and manufacturing, where it helps organizations streamline operations, improve decision-making, and create new revenue streams through AI-driven insights. SambaNova is also known for its generative AI models, including the industry-leading Samba-1, which boasts trillions of parameters. These models are designed to deliver unprecedented accuracy and efficiency, empowering enterprises to integrate AI seamlessly into their existing processes. The company’s focus on full-stack solutions means that they not only provide the hardware and software but also offer services for model training, fine-tuning, and deployment, ensuring that clients can fully leverage AI's potential with minimal overhead. Through its innovative approach, SambaNova Systems is redefining the possibilities of AI, making advanced, scalable AI accessible to businesses of all sizes, and driving the next wave of technological transformation across industries.

Management Team

Rodrigo Liang Co-Founder and CEO
Kunle Olukotun Co-Founder and CTO
Christopher Ré Co-Founder

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News

SambaNova Expands Deployment with SoftBank Corp. to Offer Fast AI Inference Across APAC

SambaNova today announces the expansion of its SambaNova Cloud deployment and partnership with SoftBank Corp. in Japan. SambaNova, in collaboration with SoftBank Corp., is adding racks equipped with SambaNova’s efficient AI chips to a new AI data center in Japan, providing developers in the region with fast inference services via SambaNova Cloud.

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SambaNova Launches the Fastest DeepSeek-R1 671B with the Highest Efficiency

PALO ALTO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb 13, 2025-- SambaNova, the generative AI company delivering the most efficient AI chips and fastest models, announces that DeepSeek - R1 671B is running today on SambaNova Cloud at 198 tokens per second (t/s), achieving speeds and efficiency that no other platform can match.

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PALO ALTO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sep 10, 2024-- Today, SambaNova Systems, provider of the fastest and most efficient chips and AI models, announced SambaNova Cloud, the world’s fastest AI inference service enabled by the speed of its SN40L AI chip.

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