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SambaNova Unveils Sambaverse, Empowering Developers to Compare the Speed and Accuracy of Open Source LLMs

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Wednesday, March 6, 2024
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SambaNova Systems unveils Sambaverse , a unique playground and API where developers can test hundreds of available open source large language models (LLMs) from a single endpoint and directly compare their responses for any given application.

Key Points: 
  • SambaNova Systems unveils Sambaverse , a unique playground and API where developers can test hundreds of available open source large language models (LLMs) from a single endpoint and directly compare their responses for any given application.
  • Upon entering a single prompt, Sambaverse simultaneously queries each model and displays the responses in real-time, enabling developers to compare and contrast the speed and accuracy of each.
  • “New base models like Llama2 from Meta, Mistral from MistralAI, and Gemma from Google are being developed by the open source community to create powerful expert models.
  • “While there are inference services to test a small number of these open source expert models, the future is multimodal.

SambaNova is First to Market with Secure, One Trillion Parameter Generative AI Model for the Enterprise

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Wednesday, February 28, 2024
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SambaNova Systems announces Samba-1 , a one trillion (1T) parameter generative AI model for the enterprise, which comprises 50+ of the highest quality open source generative AI Models.

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  • SambaNova Systems announces Samba-1 , a one trillion (1T) parameter generative AI model for the enterprise, which comprises 50+ of the highest quality open source generative AI Models.
  • Samba-1 is the first one trillion parameter model for the regulated enterprise that is private, secure, and 10X more efficient than any other model of its size.
  • "SambaNova's release of Samba-1, a trillion parameter AI model, that integrates with their SN40L chip for improved performance, marks an important development in enterprise AI," said Matt Eastwood, SVP of Research, IDC.
  • They include:
    Enterprise-Ready: A private, secure 1+ trillion parameter model that provides the highest-level of accuracy and enterprise control.

SambaNova DataScale Selected for SoftBank Corp.’s Generative AI Computing Platform

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Wednesday, December 20, 2023
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SambaNova Systems, makers of the only purpose-built, full stack AI platform, today announced that SambaNova DataScale® is one of the technologies selected for utilization in SoftBank Corp.’s (TOKYO:9434) top level* computing platform for the development of generative AI.

Key Points: 
  • SambaNova Systems, makers of the only purpose-built, full stack AI platform, today announced that SambaNova DataScale® is one of the technologies selected for utilization in SoftBank Corp.’s (TOKYO:9434) top level* computing platform for the development of generative AI.
  • To advance this long-term vision, SoftBank is constructing a computing platform for the development of generative AI.
  • We look forward to contributing to the development of generative AI services that match Japanese culture and business practices.
  • “We are delighted to be partnering with SoftBank in the development of one of Japan’s leading computing platforms.”
    * One of the largest computing platforms in Japan for LLMs learning.

Lightmatter Accelerates Growth and Expands Photonic Chip Deployments With $155M in New Funding; Now Valued at $1.2B

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Tuesday, December 19, 2023
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With this round, Lightmatter has raised over $420 million to date and is now valued at over $1.2B.

Key Points: 
  • With this round, Lightmatter has raised over $420 million to date and is now valued at over $1.2B.
  • This new financing allows the company to expedite growth to meet the increasing demand for high-performance computing (HPC) from AI innovators.
  • Lightmatter plans to expand its world-class team and office footprint, while accelerating its ability to provide customers increased performance on the most advanced AI workloads.
  • He brings over 20 years of semiconductor industry experience to Lightmatter and was most recently Senior Vice President and General Counsel at Dialog Semiconductor.

Next Round Capital Names Wyan Yarbrough Director of Research

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Tuesday, December 12, 2023
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Next Round Capital , a leading venture capital and secondaries advisory firm is pleased to announce that Wyan Yarbrough, CFA, has joined the firm as Director of Research.

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  • Next Round Capital , a leading venture capital and secondaries advisory firm is pleased to announce that Wyan Yarbrough, CFA, has joined the firm as Director of Research.
  • Yarbrough will lead the firm’s development of in-depth research in technology, including AI, IoT, cybersecurity, and other areas in support of the firm’s sourcing of opportunities in secondary markets for investors.
  • "We are thrilled to welcome Wyan Yarbrough as we integrate research into our core offering for investors in private markets,” said Ken Smythe, founder and managing partner at Next Round Capital.
  • “I’m excited to join Next Round and lead the development of cutting-edge insights on the areas that matter most to our clients,” said Yarbrough.

Los Alamos National Laboratory and the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration Select SambaNova Suite to Facilitate Their Generative AI and LLM Capabilities

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Tuesday, November 14, 2023
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SC23— SambaNova Systems , makers of the only purpose-built, full stack AI platform, the Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration (DOE/NNSA), and Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) announce a strategic partnership to facilitate the laboratory's simulation needs.

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  • SC23— SambaNova Systems , makers of the only purpose-built, full stack AI platform, the Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration (DOE/NNSA), and Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) announce a strategic partnership to facilitate the laboratory's simulation needs.
  • The organization is expanding its partnership with SambaNova in two ways:
    Scaling up SambaNova DataScale® to accelerate AI workloads that advance the laboratory's generative AI and LLM capabilities.
  • Deploying SambaNova Suite to advance its Generative AI and large language model (LLM) technologies.
  • “Los Alamos is investing in Generative AI to advance a broad spectrum of national security missions,” said Jason Pruet, director of the National Security AI Office for Los Alamos National Laboratory.

SambaNova Unveils New AI Chip, the SN40L, Powering its Full Stack AI Platform

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Tuesday, September 19, 2023
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SambaNova Systems , makers of the only purpose-built, full stack AI platform, announces a revolutionary new chip, the SN40L.

Key Points: 
  • SambaNova Systems , makers of the only purpose-built, full stack AI platform, announces a revolutionary new chip, the SN40L.
  • Rodrigo Liang, co-founder, and CEO of SambaNova Systems, holds the SN40L.
  • (Photo: Business Wire)
    SambaNova’s SN40L, manufactured by TSMC, can serve a 5 trillion parameter model, with 256k+ sequence length possible on a single system node.
  • "Today, SambaNova offers the only purpose-built full stack LLM platform — the SambaNova Suite — now with an intelligent AI chip; it's a game changer for the Global 2000,” said Rodrigo Liang, co-founder, and CEO of SambaNova Systems.

Mayfield Announces $250 Million AI Start Seed Fund and Adds New Partner

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Thursday, July 20, 2023
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Mayfield, a top-tier early-stage venture capital firm, today announced the $250 million AI Start, the first seed fund in its history, to partner with AI-first founders starting at Day Zero.

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  • Mayfield, a top-tier early-stage venture capital firm, today announced the $250 million AI Start, the first seed fund in its history, to partner with AI-first founders starting at Day Zero.
  • The Firm also added Vijay Reddy, an AI-focused investor with a decade of successful seed stage experience, as a dedicated AI Start Seed Fund partner.
  • View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20230720038405/en/
    Mayfield today announced the $250 million AI Start, the first seed fund in its history, to partner with AI-first founders starting at Day Zero.
  • AI Start complements Mayfield’s classic primarily Series A focused fund, the $580 million Mayfield XVII, and its $375 million Mayfield Spring/Select III fund, which were announced in May of this year.

SambaNova and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Scale Up Collaboration to Accelerate AI for Science

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Monday, May 22, 2023
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ISC23 — SambaNova Systems , the company that was first to market with domain-specific, pre-trained foundation models to underpin generative AI, and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), today announce that they’re scaling up their collaboration to bring SambaNova spatial data flow accelerator into LLNL’s Computing Center.

Key Points: 
  • ISC23 — SambaNova Systems , the company that was first to market with domain-specific, pre-trained foundation models to underpin generative AI, and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), today announce that they’re scaling up their collaboration to bring SambaNova spatial data flow accelerator into LLNL’s Computing Center.
  • photo credit: Gary McLeod, LLNL
    LLNL is a leading federal research institution that leverages high performance computing (HPC) across its research.
  • Increasingly, the institution has studied how deep neural network hardware architectures can accelerate traditional physics-based simulations as part of the National Nuclear Security Administration’s (NNSA’s) Advanced Simulation and Computing program.
  • The first stage of the collaboration involved tight integration of SambaNova DataScale hardware input directly into the Corona supercomputing cluster.

SambaNova Boosts Leadership Team with Duo of Industry Veterans — Former AWS Managing Director and Google Cloud VP Bring Expanded Expertise

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Friday, April 14, 2023
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These strategic leadership additions come during a critical moment for generative AI.

Key Points: 
  • These strategic leadership additions come during a critical moment for generative AI.
  • Halkett is tasked with leading the sales, sales operations, revenue operations, customer engineering, and marketing teams while Stodolsky will focus on SambaNova’s cloud strategy.
  • Previously, he was Executive Director of NESTA’s Policy & Research Unit, as well as Assistant Director of Studies at The Centre for Strategic and International Studies.
  • SambaNova is doing things with AI that no other company has accomplished, and I can’t wait to dig in!”