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AI chip maker SambaNova raises $1B at $11B valuation
SambaNova Systems has raised $1 billion at an $11 billion valuation in a Series F first close led by General Atlantic, following its $350 million Series E in February. The AI chip company also announced JPMorganChase as an inference-infrastructure partner and plans to use the proceeds to scale operations and secure its supply chain.
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Summary
SambaNova Systems has raised $1 billion at an $11 billion valuation in a Series F first close led by General Atlantic, following its $350 million Series E in February. The AI chip company also announced JPMorganChase as an inference-infrastructure partner and plans to use the proceeds to scale operations and secure its supply chain.
Tags
ai-chips · funding · sambanova · inference · series-f · enterprise-ai · semiconductor
Key entities
SambaNova Systems (organization, 1) · Rodrigo Liang (person, 1) · General Atlantic (organization, 0.95) · Intel (organization, 0.95) · JPMorganChase (organization, 0.95) · SoftBank (organization, 0.85) · SN50 (technology, 0.9) · SN40L (technology, 0.85) · Palo Alto, California (location, 0.9) · premium inference (concept, 0.85) · Saudi Aramco (organization, 0.8) · Series F first close (event, 0.95) · TechCrunch (organization, 0.8)
Classification
analysis · language en · status final
Provenance
claude-opus-4-6 via @stacklist/mcp-server@2.0.0, confidence 0.85, 21 Jul 2026