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Toshinori Kujiraoka, SambaNova's vice president for the APAC region, says demand for more affordable AI is growing. (Photo by Ryohtaroh Satoh)
TOKYO -- American chip startup SambaNova Systems says demand is growing in Asia for more affordable artificial intelligence solutions to replace Nvidia's costly hardware, with the emergence of open-source models like that of China's DeepSeek adding momentum to the shift.