| Type | Compute & chips |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2017 |
| Founders | Rodrigo Liang, Kunle Olukotun, Chris Ré |
| Headquarters | Palo Alto, US |
| Website | sambanova.ai |
SambaNova funding filings
We found no Form D filed by SambaNova itself under this name. Many labs raise through foreign entities or file under a different legal name.
Investment vehicles named after SambaNova
3 special-purpose vehicles carrying the SambaNova name have filed a Form D, 1 of them in the last 12 months. SPVs pool money from smaller investors to buy into one company, often on the secondary market, so a rising count is a sign of investor demand.
- HII SambaNova-01, a Series of HII SambaNova LLC11 Sep 2026
- AGC Sambanova II a Series of AGC AI Nexus Fund LLC6 Jan 2025
- Hiive SambaNova Series I a Series of Hiive SambaNova LLC18 Dec 2024
Source: SEC EDGAR full-text search for "SambaNova", Form D. Name matches can include unrelated filers; tell us if one is wrong.
SambaNova models
Latest releases
- sambanovasystems/gemma4-26b-a4b-dspark-b1620 Oct 2026
- sambanovasystems/QwQ-0.5B-SFT-Draft11 Jan 2025
- sambanovasystems/SambaLingo-Thai-Base-70B15 Apr 2024
- sambanovasystems/SambaLingo-Hungarian-Base-70B15 Apr 2024
- sambanovasystems/SambaLingo-Arabic-Base-70B15 Apr 2024
- sambanovasystems/SambaLingo-Thai-Chat-70B15 Apr 2024
Most downloaded
- sambanovasystems/SambaLingo-Japanese-Base314 downloads (30 days)
- sambanovasystems/SambaLingo-Thai-Base253 downloads (30 days)
- sambanovasystems/BLOOMChat-176B-v1227 downloads (30 days)
- sambanovasystems/SambaLingo-Russian-Base219 downloads (30 days)
- sambanovasystems/gemma4-26b-a4b-dspark-b16217 downloads (30 days)
Source: Hugging Face Hub, organisation sambanovasystems, read 2 Nov 2026.
SambaNova: quick answers
Who founded SambaNova?
SambaNova was founded in 2017 by Rodrigo Liang, Kunle Olukotun, Chris Ré.
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