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Groq

Inference is Fuel for AI
AI 📍 Mountain View, CA Founded 2016
Current Valuation
$6.4B
as of 2025-Q3
UNICORN

IPO Outlookprivate

Is Groq going public?
No. Groq is private and has not filed to go public. There is no S-1 on file.
What is Groq's valuation in 2026?
Groq is valued at $6.4B as of 2025-Q3, set by its Series D-3 ($750M, Sep 2025). That is the last confirmed mark, not a live price — private shares do not trade continuously.
Has Groq filed an S-1?
No public S-1 is on file for Groq.
Who are Groq's investors?
Groq's investors include Disruptive, BlackRock, Neuberger Berman, Social Capital, Tiger Global Management, D1 Capital Partners and 18 more.
Answers are derived from the roster record shown on this page — filing status, last round and confirmed marks. Where the record is silent, the answer says so rather than guessing.
Groq is an American artificial intelligence company that develops AI accelerator application-specific integrated circuits (ASICs) with its proprietary Language Processing Unit (LPU) architecture. Founded by ex-Google TPU creator Jonathan Ross, Groq provides fast, low-cost AI inference through custom silicon designed for ultra-low latency and deterministic execution. The company offers GroqCloud developer platform and enterprise AI inference infrastructure deployed in data centers worldwide.

Company Profile

CEO
Jonathan Ross
Founded
2016
HQ
Mountain View, CA
Employees
250-624
Total Raised
$1.8B
Est. Revenue
$500M (2025-Q3)
Growth
Explosive growth as emerging hyperscaler with global data center expansion
Last Round
Series D-3 — $750M (Sep 2025)
IPO Status
Private

Fundraising Status

Series D-3 · $750M · 11 mo ago
PrivateTotal raised $1.8B

Secondary Market

Implied price / share
$35.06
Last round price / share
$32.16
vs last round
+9.0%
Last round price vs secondary price
Last round vs current secondary price per share$32.16Last round$35.06Current
Secondary price return by period
Secondary market period returns3-month-1.5%6-month-3.6%1-year+44.5%All-time+302%
Implied per-share price from private secondary transactions, as of Jun 2026. This is a point estimate, not a quote — the feed carries no bid, ask or spread, and a secondary print is evidence of what someone paid on that date rather than a live market. Compare across every tracked name →

Latest Funding Round

RoundAmountDateLead InvestorPost-Money
Series D-3$750MSep 2025

Vertical Intelligence — AI / ML

Open models
2
verified organization
Downloads (30d)
0
across all models
Followers
504
Attributed to Hugging Face organization "Groq" as of 2026-08-19. Open-weights footprint only — closed-model usage is not publicly measurable. Verify on Hugging Face ↗

Talent Signal

No public careers page or job board could be found for Groq as of 2026-08-17. That itself is a datapoint: no open external hiring surface.
Checked the company site and major hosted job boards. Re-checked monthly.

Founders & Key People

Jonathan RossDouglas Wightman

Investors

Disruptive · BlackRock · Neuberger Berman · Social Capital · Tiger Global Management · D1 Capital Partners · Cisco Investments · Samsung Catalyst Fund · DTCP · Altimeter Capital · 1789 Capital · Infinitum Partners · Spruce House Investment Management · GCM Grosvenor · Firebolt Ventures · TDK Ventures · General Global Capital · Boardman Bay Capital Management · XTX Markets · Type One Ventures · KDDI · Valour Capital · Garage Capital · NJF Capital

Products

  • LPU Inference Engine
  • GroqCloud
  • GroqChip
  • GroqRack
  • GroqWare SDK

Competitors

NVIDIA · Cerebras · SambaNova · AMD · Together AI · Fireworks AI
AI inferenceLPU architectureAI chipssemiconductorsmachine learningartificial intelligencecloud computing
Private-company numbers are not real-time. Reflects publicly disclosed valuations from press releases, news reports, and tender offers as of 2025-Q3. Refreshed quarterly.