SambaNova in Talks to Raise $800M–$1B at ~$10B Valuation, Five-Fold Increase From February's $2B Round

SambaNova Systems is in talks to raise $800M–$1B at approximately $10 billion valuation, according to The Information — a five-fold jump from the roughly $2B implied by its $350M Series E in February 2026, with Executive Chairman Lip-Bu Tan confirming the discussions. The raise would be SambaNova's largest and comes as the company's SN50 chip claims 5× competitor inference throughput; a successful close would establish SambaNova as a credible at-scale alternative to Nvidia's inference dominance.