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flag Intel scrapped its acquisition of SambaNova but launched a multiyear partnership to co-develop AI inference solutions using SambaNova’s SN50 chip and Intel’s infrastructure.

flag Intel has ended its acquisition talks with AI startup SambaNova but launched a multiyear collaboration to develop joint AI inference solutions using SambaNova’s SN50 chip and Intel’s Xeon-based infrastructure. flag The SN50, designed for agentic AI workloads, offers up to five times faster performance and three times lower cost than competing chips, with a focus on real-time, high-concurrency applications. flag SambaNova raised $350 million in Series E funding led by Vista Equity Partners and Cambium Capital, with Intel Capital and SoftBank participating. flag The partnership will integrate SambaNova’s reconfigurable data units with Intel’s CPUs, GPUs, and networking to build scalable, cost-effective AI systems, with SoftBank set to deploy the SN50 in Japan’s next-gen data centers.

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