SambaNova Systems develops integrated AI infrastructure for high-performance model training and inference.
| date | round | amount | valuation | investors |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 2026 | Primary first close | $1B | $11B post-money | not disclosed |
| Apr 2021 | Series D | $676M | > $5B post-money | SoftBank Vision Fund 2 |
SambaNova's reconfigurable dataflow architecture delivers 10x power efficiency vs Nvidia GPUs (10kW vs 140kW per rack), enabling trillion-parameter models in a single air-cooled rack. The $1B round led by General Atlantic funds scaling of SN40/SN50 chips for premium inference — large models at full precision with ultra-low latency — targeting enterprises, sovereigns, and neoclouds needing differentiated margins.