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SambaNova

SambaNova is a chip designer and hardware maker headquartered in San Jose, California1. No open models or tools from SambaNova are in this catalog yet; its documented products are listed below.

Documented roles: Chip designer · Hardware manufacturer · Inference provider

SambaNova builds AI inference infrastructure: Reconfigurable Dataflow Unit (RDU) chips, SambaRack systems, the SambaStack platform for dedicated deployments, and the SambaCloud inference service for open models.1654

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Status: In February 2026 SambaNova announced a planned multi-year strategic collaboration with Intel covering AI cloud expansion, integrated infrastructure, and go-to-market work, and said Intel plans to make a strategic investment in the company. In July 2026 it announced the first close of a Series F financing.21

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Ownership, delivery, and openness answer different questions. Publicly traded does not mean open source; privately held does not mean closed.

The detailed audience, self-hosting, pricing, and restrictions review has not yet been completed. Consult the sourced product records below and the publisher’s current terms. Missing detail means unknown, not unavailable.

Key facts

Legal name
SambaNova Systems, Inc.3
Ownership (separate from openness)
Privately held

Recorded classification; fact-level ownership verification pending.

Legal form
Unknown
Headquarters
San Jose, California1
Founded
20171
Sectors
Chips, Cloud

What is and isn’t public

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No openness summary has been written for this organization yet.

Products

Documented products and how they are delivered. Each row links to the official page.

No hosted model products are recorded for this organization.

Other products

SambaNova: other products
ProductKindDocumented delivery and accessReviewed
SambaCloud (external site: sambanova.ai)Inference serviceCloud inference service for open models from several developers, accessed with an API key through OpenAI-compatible endpoints from the cloud.sambanova.ai dashboard.4Sep 29, 2026
SambaStack (external site: sambanova.ai)Enterprise softwareHardware-and-software inference platform built on SambaNova RDU chips and SambaRack systems, deployed on-premises or in the cloud with dedicated hosting options.5Sep 29, 2026
SambaRack (external site: sambanova.ai)HardwareTurnkey rack system containing SambaNova RDU chips (the latest generation is SN50) for running AI inference in on-premises or hosted data centers.6Sep 29, 2026

Cataloged artifacts

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No artifact records in this catalog list SambaNova. That is not evidence that none exist — only that none have been reviewed here.

What this catalog does not know

Unknown means the sources reviewed for this record do not document it. It is not evidence that something does not exist.
  • Official careers page: not verified by this catalog.
  • Openness: no summary has been assessed for this organization.
  • Open artifacts: none from this organization are in the catalog yet.

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U.S. eligibility

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Eligible · basis: U.S. headquarters

SambaNova's July 2026 announcement states that the company is headquartered in San Jose, California.1

Assessed Sep 29, 2026

Eligibility policy

Sources

  1. 1.
    SambaNova Completes First Close of $1B Financing at $11B Valuation (external site: sambanova.ai)

    SambaNova · Announcement · published Jul 8, 2026 · accessed Sep 29, 2026

  2. 2.
  3. 3.
    Early termination notice 20261227: Intel Corporation; SambaNova Systems, Inc. (external site: ftc.gov)

    U.S. Federal Trade Commission · Filing · published Apr 30, 2026 · accessed Sep 29, 2026

  4. 4.
    SambaCloud (external site: sambanova.ai)

    SambaNova · Official page · accessed Sep 29, 2026

  5. 5.
    SambaStack (external site: sambanova.ai)

    SambaNova · Official page · accessed Sep 29, 2026

  6. 6.
    SambaRack (external site: sambanova.ai)

    SambaNova · Official page · accessed Sep 29, 2026

  7. 7.
    Official job openings page (external site: sambanova.ai)

    SambaNova · Official page · accessed Oct 1, 2026 · evidence reviewed Oct 1, 2026

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USASI. (2026, October 1). SambaNova. United States of America Superintelligence. https://unitedstatesofamericasuperintelligence.com/companies/sambanova/

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@misc{usasi_sambanova,
  author = {{USASI}},
  title = {SambaNova},
  year = {2026},
  month = oct,
  howpublished = {\url{https://unitedstatesofamericasuperintelligence.com/companies/sambanova/}},
  note = {United States of America Superintelligence. Last updated 2026-10-01}
}

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