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title: "SambaNova Systems: AI company profile, people and coverage"
description: "SambaNova is an American artificial intelligence (AI) and semiconductor hardware company. The company designs and manufactures hardware accelerators termed Reconfigurable Dataflow Units (RDUs) adjusted for deep learning models and generative AI applications."
canonical: https://monitor.paciva.ai/company-sambanova-systems
type: Organization
wikidata: Q127693035
wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SambaNova
website: https://sambanova.ai
source: AI News Monitor
publisher: Paciva
license: CC BY 4.0 for this page's own layer; facts from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
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# SambaNova Systems

> SambaNova is an American artificial intelligence (AI) and semiconductor hardware company. The company designs and manufactures hardware accelerators termed Reconfigurable Dataflow Units (RDUs) adjusted for deep learning models and generative AI applications.

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## Facts

- Category: Artificial intelligence
- Country: United States
- Founded: 2017-11-01
- Headquarters: Palo Alto
- Status: private
- Website: https://sambanova.ai
- Also known as: SambaNova Systems, Inc.  (Palo Alto, CA)
- Industries: artificial intelligence

## Accounts

- linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/sambanova

## Key people

- Rodrigo Liang, founder (co-founder and CEO of SambaNova Systems)
- Christopher Ré, founder (computer scientist)
- Kunle Olukotun, founder (American computer scientist)
- Rodrigo Liang, chief executive (co-founder and CEO of SambaNova Systems), since 2017-01-01

## Funding rounds

From Form D notices filed with the SEC. An amount sold is what the filing reports at the time of filing, not a valuation.

- 2021-08-09: Form D, USD 678 million sold of a USD 678 million offering, 19 investors ([filing](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1733073/000173307321000002/))
- 2020-05-14: Form D, USD 158.1 million sold of a USD 250 million offering, 22 investors ([filing](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1733073/000173307320000001/))
- 2019-05-17: Form D, USD 141.6 million sold of a USD 150 million offering, 12 investors ([filing](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1733073/000173307319000001/))
- 2018-03-15: Form D, USD 56.6 million sold of a USD 56.6 million offering, 11 investors ([filing](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1733073/000173307318000001/))

## Coverage on the Monitor

Every article, podcast, video and market the Monitor holds on SambaNova Systems, dated and linked to its publisher: https://monitor.paciva.ai/company-sambanova-systems#connections

## Sources

- Facts: Wikidata (CC0 1.0), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q127693035, read 2026-11-11
- Summary: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SambaNova
- Filings: SEC EDGAR, https://www.sec.gov/cgi-bin/browse-edgar?action=getcompany&CIK=0001733073

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