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▶ 38:36 · $VECTOR-CORE-COMPUTE · Vista Equity and Cambium launch Vector Core Compute Neocloud with SambaNova for ultra-low latency inference
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Inference 101: SambaNova CEO Rodrigo Liang

2026-07-17 · 5 company · 6 thematic
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rodrigo liang

32-year semiconductor veteran. Founded SambaNova in 2017 to build reconfigurable dataflow accelerators for AI. Led company through six chip tape-outs (SN10-SN50) and $2.5B total fundraising, most recently $1B at $11B valuation led by General Atlantic.

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“Last month we announced this great partnership with Vista Equity and Cambium on this new Neocloud Vector Core Compute VC2... they're deploying these ultra low latency data centers because for them using SambaNova technology opens up these…”
—rodrigo liang

episode shorts · 6

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SambaNova Systems CEO Rodrigo Liang on data sovereignty in the…

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