Organisation
SambaNova Systems
Builds AI chips and systems on a "reconfigurable dataflow" architecture, an alternative to GPU-based designs focused on running large models efficiently.
SambaNova Systems is a US chip company, founded in 2017 and led by Rodrigo Liang, that builds processors and full systems for running large AI models. Rather than the graphics-derived design that Nvidia popularised, it uses an architecture it calls a Reconfigurable Dataflow Unit, which it says moves data through the chip like a pipeline to cut unnecessary transfers and lower power use, and it has focused increasingly on inference. In July 2026 it raised $1bn in a round reported to value it at about $11bn, part of a wave of investment in companies pitched as alternatives to Nvidia.
- Category
- Compute, chips & infrastructure
- Founded
- 2017
- HQ
- Palo Alto, US
- Funding
- ~$11bn valuation in a $1bn Series F (2026)
- Key people
- Rodrigo Liang