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  "markdown": "Co-founder and Chief Technologist.\n\nKunle Olukotun is co-founder and chief technologist of SambaNova and Cadence Design Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at Stanford University. Known for early work on chip multiprocessor designs, he directs the Stanford Pervasive Parallelism Lab and earlier founded Afara Websystems, which Sun acquired in 2002.\n\n- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kunle-olukotun-80a2735\n\n## What Kunle builds\n\n- [SambaCloud](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/sambanova.md), graded B, 66.5/100, in Model APIs \u0026 inference. SambaCloud is SambaNova's hosted inference API for open-weight models running on its own RDU processors. It answers OpenAI-style chat, completions and Responses calls and Anthropic-style Messages calls, with Python and TypeScript SDKs. Co-founder and Chief Technologist, researched 2026-10-27.\n\n## Works with\n\n- [Christopher Ré](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/christopher-re/), Co-founder, SambaNova Systems, Inc.\n- [Rodrigo Liang](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/rodrigo-liang/), Co-founder and CEO\n\n## Backed by\n\n- [General Atlantic](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/general-atlantic/)\n- [Seligman Ventures](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/seligman-ventures/)\n- [T. Rowe Price Associates](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/t-rowe-price-associates/)\n- [Vista Equity Partners](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/vista-equity-partners/)\n- [Cambium Capital](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/cambium-capital/)\n- [Intel](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/intel/)\n- [Battery Ventures](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/battery-ventures/)\n- [Assam Ventures](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/assam-ventures/)\n- [First Data](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/first-data/)\n- [Saudi First Data](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/saudi-first-data/)\n- [Gulf Development Public Company Limited](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/gulf-development-public-company-limited/)\n- [Mayfield](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/mayfield/)\n- [BlackRock](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/blackrock/)\n- [A\u0026E Investment](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/a-e-investment/)\n- [Kabila Capital](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/kabila-capital/)\n- [QFO Capital](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/qfo-capital/)\n- [Qatar Investment Authority](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/qatar-investment-authority/)\n- [Volantis](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/volantis/)\n- [SoftBank](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/softbank/)\n- [GV](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/gv/)\n- [Temasek](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/temasek/)\n- [GIC](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/gic/)\n- [Walden International](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/walden-international/)\n- [Atlantic Bridge](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/atlantic-bridge/)\n- [Celesta Capital](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/celesta-capital/)\n- [Samsung Catalyst Fund](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/samsung-catalyst-fund/)\n- [SK Telecom](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/sk-telecom/)\n- [Micron](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/micron/)\n- [Redline Capital Management](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/redline-capital-management/)\n\n## Questions\n\n### Who is Kunle Olukotun?\n\nKunle Olukotun is co-founder and chief technologist of SambaNova and Cadence Design Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at Stanford University. Known for early work on chip multiprocessor designs, he directs the Stanford Pervasive Parallelism Lab and earlier founded Afara Websystems, which Sun acquired in 2002.\n\n### What does SambaNova Systems, Inc. make?\n\nAnchor Terminal lists SambaCloud from SambaNova Systems, Inc.. SambaCloud is SambaNova's hosted inference API for open-weight models running on its own RDU processors. It answers OpenAI-style chat, completions and Responses calls and Anthropic-style Messages calls, with Python and TypeScript SDKs.\n\n### Who has invested in SambaNova Systems, Inc.?\n\nThe sources our research read name General Atlantic, Seligman Ventures, T. Rowe Price Associates, Vista Equity Partners, Cambium Capital, Intel, Battery Ventures, Assam Ventures, First Data, Saudi First Data, Gulf Development Public Company Limited, Mayfield, BlackRock, A\u0026E Investment, Kabila Capital, QFO Capital, Qatar Investment Authority, Volantis, SoftBank, GV, Temasek, GIC, Walden International, Atlantic Bridge, Celesta Capital, Samsung Catalyst Fund, SK Telecom, Micron and Redline Capital Management.\n\n### How are Kunle's tools graded?\n\nSambaCloud is graded B, 66.5 out of 100, on Anchor Terminal's benchmark, which scores every listing against the same checklist.\n\n## Sources\n\n- https://sambanova.ai/company/team\n- https://www.linkedin.com/in/rodrigo-liang/details/experience/\n- https://www.linkedin.com/in/rodrigo-liang\n- https://www.linkedin.com/in/kunle-olukotun-80a2735/details/experience/\n- https://www.linkedin.com/in/kunle-olukotun-80a2735\n- https://sambanova.ai/\n- https://sambanova.ai/support\n- https://docs.sambanova.ai/docs/en/get-started/overview\n- https://community.sambanova.ai\n\nThese are the people building the tools we list, named for their public role in the company or project behind a listing, from public pages, with the date it was researched. 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