SambaNova Systems
CEO: Rodrigo Liang
While SambaNova Systems isn’t alone in working on hardware and software simultaneously to propel artificial intelligence workloads, the AI chip startup said its integrated hardware and software stands out in the crowd because of its reconfigurable dataflow architecture. The Palo Alto, Calif.-based startup said this architecture allows applications to take the lead in driving how hardware is optimized to accelerate performance in data centers and at the edge. In February, the startup said that it had raised a $250 million Series C funding round from Intel Capital, BlackRock and other investors to further accelerate its software capabilities.