SambaNova

AI-driven software and hardware platform

Growth
Palo Alto, USA
Founded 2017

About

Founded in 2017, SambaNova Systems builds advanced AI hardware and integrated software to accelerate AI and machine learning workloads. Its flagship platform combines purpose-built AI chips, a reconfigurable dataflow architecture, and software stack to deliver high-performance computing for enterprises deploying AI applications. SambaNova targets AI infrastructure markets competing against incumbents like Nvidia by enabling large-scale AI model training and inference. The company has raised over $2.49B in funding to date, partnering with investors like SoftBank and Intel, and serves enterprise customers across various sectors requiring scalable AI infrastructure.

Products

  • SambaCloud — A fully integrated AI platform offering end-to-end agentic AI stack for building and deploying AI agents and models.
    Customer sectors: developers, enterprises, government
  • SambaStack — An AI inference software stack with APIs that simplify model management, auto-scaling, and load balancing across data centers.
    Customer sectors: developers, enterprises
  • SambaManaged — A managed service simplifying the monitoring, deployment, and scaling of AI workloads across data centers.
    Customer sectors: enterprises, government
  • SambaRack — A hardware system optimized for low power and fast AI inference, supporting multiple models simultaneously in data centers.
    Customer sectors: data center operators, enterprises
  • RDU — A proprietary AI chip with advanced memory and dataflow architecture delivering faster, more efficient AI inference.
    Customer sectors: hardware engineers, enterprises

Market research & competitive positioning

Source-backed TAM / SAM / SOM sizing, displacement analysis, and an interactive peer positioning map for SambaNova — available to members.

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