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What has been most heartening has been the steady stream of awards from a number of respected third party sources . Gartner named SambaNova in its Cool Vendors in AI Semiconductors report and has included the company in 7 “ Hype Cycle ” reports that track technology maturity and impact . SambaNova was also awarded Best AI Product in Next- Generation Infrastructure by CogX , included in CRN ’ s 10 Hottest AI Chip Makers in 2021 , adjudged one of CRN ’ s 20 Coolest Tech Startups Of 2020 , and the cherry on top was that it became Great Place to Work certified in 2021 .
“ It ’ s a great reflection from the industry ,” said Choy . “ It ’ s particularly satisfying to get the ones around innovation , such as ‘ Great Place to Work ’, which certifies businesses on an annual basis . Similarly while semi-conductors are part of our overall solution , we don ’ t actually sell them , and that recognition is hard earned and well received .” part , growing that ecosystem to all our customers ,” said Choy , who added it will be focusing on a number of industry verticals , from manufacturing and life sciences to energy , oil and gas , financial services , and the public sector .
“ The energy industry is facing extreme pressure to modernise and become more operationally efficient – and that ’ s going to require transformational technologies , not incremental , so AI absolutely brings that potential into the lens for the energy sector . “ We have a lot of work in oil & gas and renewables sectors ,” Choy said . “ There are a number of great opportunities across the sector . If you look at the energy sector , there is a forward-thinking mindset , and some of the facilities are among the most advanced IoT facilities in the world , so there is a strong fit with AI .”
“ We have noticed a lot of operators wanting something that ’ s more specific to the assets they own ,” Choy continues . “ They have this conundrum of wanting to be efficient but often ‘ doing it themselves ’ – there is an appetite for more operatorspecific solutions . However , we ’ re in the early days of AI , and adoption depends on the digital maturity of organizations .”
Choy sees that the longer term view is that this technology transition in AI computing will be just as big , if not bigger , than the internet transition was a couple of decades ago . AI will be the main change agent for business and technology . He believes this is just the beginning , the likes of which we haven ’ t seen before , and the impact will be profound . “ We are at the cusp of the biggest computing transition that we ’ ve seen in decades ,” he says .
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