New Funding and Chip Whisk SambaNova to its Next Stage

Hoary startup SambaNova has closed a $350 million Series E funding round, introduced the SN50 AI accelerator, and signed up SoftBank to deploy the new NPU. Following reports that Intel was considering acquiring the company, which Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan chairs, the beleaguered giant merely joined the funding round and signed a collaboration agreement. SambaNova […]