SambaNova Raises $1 Bn in Series F Round led by General Atlantic

The funding round was led by General Atlantic, with major investments from Seligman Ventures, T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc., and Capital Group.

The round also included new and existing investors such as A&E Investment, Assam Ventures, Battery Ventures, BlackRock, Cambium Capital, Intel Capital, Kabila Capital, QFO Capital, Qatar Investment Authority (QIA), Vista Equity Partners, and Volantis.

“SambaNova’s platform is differentiated, built for a market where inference has become foundational to enterprise and industry transformation,” said Martín Escobari, Co-President and Head of Global Growth Equity at General Atlantic. “Rodrigo and the team are driving deep technical innovation to achieve growing commercial momentum while demand for inference is accelerating well ahead of supply. We are pleased to lead this round to support SambaNova in shaping the next generation of AI infrastructure.”

“We’re excited to partner with Rodrigo and the SambaNova team as they build a category-defining AI infrastructure platform at a moment when enterprise AI is shifting from training to production deployment,” said Umesh Padval, Managing Partner at Seligman Ventures and Board Observer at SambaNova. “As AI moves into production, lowering cost per token while maintaining performance and efficiency will be critical for enterprise adoption. SambaNova’s purpose-built RDU architecture is uniquely positioned to address that challenge at scale.”

SambaNova is a leading AI infrastructure company that provides a complete AI platform for businesses, AI labs, cloud providers, service providers, and government-backed AI projects around the world. The company was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in San Jose, California.

SambaNova offers AI chips, systems, and cloud services that help customers run advanced AI models with better performance, lower costs, and faster deployment.