SambaNova Systems
Strive to be the most efficient and adaptable AI platform on the planet, empowering enterprises to control the trajectory of their data and AI future.
At a Glance
- Enterprise (Financial Services, Healthcare, Manufacturing)
- Public Sector & Government
- Cloud Service Providers
- Developers & AI Startups
AI Tools by SambaNova Systems
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SambaNova
Custom AI Chips for Inference
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Latest News
Inference Speed or Throughput? With RDUs, You Don't Have to Choose
SambaNova Launches First Turnkey AI Inference Solution for Data Centers, Deployable in 90 Days
SambaNova Launches its AI Platform in AWS Marketplace
SambaNova raises Series E funding to strengthen its position in AI hardware market
Products & Services
Air-cooled, rack-level AI inference system built from 5th-gen SN50 RDU chips, supporting models up to 10 trillion parameters.
An API-based inference platform providing high-performance access to open-source foundation models like Llama and DeepSeek.
A complete AI system with integrated software and hardware designed for high-performance training and inference.
The 5th generation Reconfigurable Dataflow Unit, a custom AI processor optimized for minimal data movement and maximum efficiency.
Market Position
Positions itself as a primary GPU alternative, offering a specialized Dataflow architecture that claims to provide superior performance, energy efficiency, and scalability for large-scale foundation models compared to traditional computing architectures.
Leadership
Founders
Rodrigo Liang
Co-founder and CEO. Previously Senior Vice President at Oracle and Sun Microsystems, leading semiconductor engineering for SPARC processors.
Kunle Olukotun
Co-founder and Chief Technologist. Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at Stanford University. Pioneer of multi-core processors and founder of Afara Websystems (acquired by Sun).
Christopher Ré
Co-founder. Associate Professor in the Computer Science Department at Stanford University. MacArthur 'Genius' Grant recipient and founder of Lattice Data (acquired by Apple).
Executive Team
Rodrigo Liang
Co-Founder & CEO
Semiconductor engineering leader with 20+ years of experience at Oracle and Sun Microsystems.
Abhi Ingle
Chief Product & Strategy Officer
Former COO of Qualtrics and Senior VP at AT&T; expert in scaling enterprise technology platforms.
Board of Directors
Founding Story
Founded by semiconductor veterans and Stanford professors who recognized that traditional GPU architectures were insufficient for the next generation of AI workloads, leading them to create a unique Dataflow architecture.
Business Model
Revenue Model
A combination of API usage subscriptions (SambaNova Cloud), hardware sales/leasing (SambaRack), and managed service subscriptions (Dataflow-as-a-Service).
Pricing Tiers
Input Tokens: $5 per 1M; Output Tokens: $7 per 1M
Input Tokens: $0.70 per 1M; Output Tokens: $1.40 per 1M
Input Tokens: $3 per 1M; Output Tokens: $4.50 per 1M
Target Markets
- Enterprise (Financial Services, Healthcare, Manufacturing)
- Public Sector & Government
- Cloud Service Providers
- Developers & AI Startups
- High-performance AI inference
- On-premises generative AI for enterprises
- Large Language Model (LLM) serving
- Scientific research and national lab simulations
- Sovereign AI infrastructure
- Argonne National Laboratory
- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
- OTP Group
- DeLaval