SambaNova Systems

SambaNova Systems, Inc. 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. SambaNova was co-founded in November 2017 by Kunle Olukotun, Christopher Ré, and Rodrigo Liang. The technical foundation of the entity was derived from microprocessing array research for machine learning systems that received funding from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). Between 2018 and 2021, SambaNova raised about $1.1 billion, reaching $5.1 billion by April 2021. In the early 2020s, the company also started cloud-based AI services and inference platforms. In 2023, it introduced the SN40L reconfigurable dataflow unit (RDU), a processor for AI models and inference workloads. In 2024, Time listed SambaNova Suite on its annual Best Inventions list and in 2026, it was included in the Forbes AI 50. SambaNova develops AI computing systems based on a reconfigurable dataflow architecture intended for machine learning and generative AI applications. Its hardware platform is built around the Reconfigurable Dataflow Unit (RDU), a processor architecture intended to improve data movement and computation for AI workloads.