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07.2026

SambaNova Reaches an $11B Valuation with $1B Financing

Congratulations to Rodrigo Liang, Christopher Ré, Kunle Olukotun, and the entire SambaNova team on a $1B raise at $11B valuation.

The Hardware Renaissance is here (read why), fueled by a fundamental rethinking of the entire compute stack. In the AI gold rush, the real money today is in AI infrastructure (read here).

Infrastructure is where value accrues first, and inference is where it accrues next.

Enterprise AI is entering a new phase where production inference matters as much as model innovation. By rebuilding the AI stack from silicon to software, SambaNova is helping neoclouds, sovereign clouds, and enterprises deploy fast, secure inference at scale.

The world’s most demanding institutions are choosing to run AI on their own terms. SambaNova is building the infrastructure that makes it possible. We’re proud investors, and know there’s more ahead.

Read more via TechCrunch.

Originally published on LinkedIn.

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