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Groq

AI inference cloud and acceleration platform

groq.com

Headquarters: Mountain View, United States
Founded year: 2016
Company type: Private company
Number of employees: 200–320
Industry: IT Services & Consulting

Last updated October 6

Latest news about Groq

In short: Groq raised $650 million to expand its AI inference cloud after Nvidia's $20 billion licensing deal.

Company announcements

August 17 Groq

Groq closes $350 million Series A round

The valuation reaches $3.5 billion with leadership from Disruptive and NVIDIA participation to expand inference infrastructure globally.

June 22 Groq

Groq raises $650M to scale its AI inference cloud

The funding will accelerate expansion of its global AI inference cloud and scale toward 200 MW by 2027. Groq operates 13 data centers and serves over five million developers.

January 13 Groq

Groq announces Orpheus TTS support on GroqCloud

Includes English and Saudi Arabic models with low-latency inference, OpenAI-compatible endpoint, and character-based pricing.

December 24, 2025 Groq

Groq enters non-exclusive licensing agreement with Nvidia

Groq's founder, president, and team join Nvidia to advance the technology. Groq continues independently with new CEO Simon Edwards. GroqCloud operates uninterrupted.

Media coverage

October 6 The Times of India

Nvidia's $20 billion Groq deal was called a licensing deal; a lawsuit now says it also took most of Groq's engineers, shareholders allege they got a bad deal

Nvidia’s $20 billion Groq deal is facing a legal challenge. Two former Groq engineers who owned shares in the AI chip startup ...

October 4 Financial Times

Nvidia’s $20bn licensing deal with Groq faces lawsuit from jilted engineers

Employees of start-up say they were short-changed when the chip titan left them out of the ‘acqui-hire’ transaction ...

September 8 Bloomberg

DOJ Probes NVIDIA License Deal With Groq

The Department of Justice is investigating Nvidia's licensing agreement with chipmaker Groq over potential antitrust concerns.

September 4 Perfil

Nvidia will acquire Hugging Face AI platform for US$13.000 million | Profile

The acquisition of Hugging Face ... its workers. Nvidia would also have paid around US$20.000 million for most of the chip startup Groq....

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