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Breaking Saturday, July 11, 2026 at 08:06 AM

SambaNova CEO signals 2027 IPO after $1B Series F at $11B valuation

SambaNova Systems co-founder and CEO Rodrigo Liang told CNBC at the Raise AI summit in Paris that the company is "strongly considering" an IPO in 2027, most likely in the U.S. The statement comes days after the AI chip startup closed a $1 billion Series F at $11 billion post-money valuation, led by General Atlantic with participation from Seligman Ventures, T. Rowe Price, Capital Group, and returning investors Intel Capital, QIA, BlackRock, Vista Equity Partners and Cambium Capital.

The $11 billion valuation represents a fivefold re-rating in five months from a February 2026 Series E at ~$2.2 billion, reflecting intensifying investor demand for NVIDIA alternatives as the AI inference chip market becomes less concentrated. Alongside the funding close, JPMorgan Chase announced deployment of SambaNova's SN40L and SN50 systems for on-premises AI inference. SambaNova's dataflow architecture targets approximately 10 kilowatts per rack power consumption versus substantially higher GPU requirements, positioning the company as an energy-efficient alternative for enterprise AI infrastructure.

An anticipated SambaNova IPO in 2027 would add to a growing list of chip-company public-market debuts (Rebellions targeting Kospi in Q1-Q2 2027, others). SambaNova remains primarily a private company with no public disclosures of unit economics or path to profitability. The company has navigated reported Intel acquisition talks at $1.6 billion valuation in late 2025, which did not proceed; Intel remains a minority strategic investor and executive partner.

For architects: an SambaNova IPO would subject the company to public scrutiny on customer concentration (JPMorgan a key win), competitive positioning against NVIDIA's 85% market-share moat and entrenched CUDA ecosystem, and technology roadmap timelines. Teams evaluating custom-silicon AI infrastructure vendors should mark 2027 as a potential inflection point for public-market pricing and disclosure of commercial traction.

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