What is Groq worth in 2026?

QuantLogix's QL Price for Groq is $3.9B as of 2026-10-07, a medium-confidence estimate blending the last disclosed round with secondary-market prints and public-company comparables. That is 10% above its last disclosed round of $3.5B. QuantLogix publishes this price with a permanent accuracy record graded against the rounds that price afterwards.

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Groq

Inference is Fuel for AI

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.

AI 📍 Mountain View, CA Founded 2016

Current Valuation

$6.4B

as of 2025-Q3

UNICORN

QL Price

$3.9B

+10% vs last round

QuantLogix's current estimate for Groq, published 2026-10-07 — above the last disclosed round of $3.5B (2026-08).

Confidence

medium

Basis

blended

What backs this price

Last disclosed round	$3.5B	2026-08	weight 0.88
Secondary market print	$3.8B	2026-06-27	weight 0.54
Public-company comparables	$7.2B	2025-Q3	weight 0.1

How this price has held up

No round has priced for Groq since QuantLogix began publishing a price for it, so there is nothing to grade yet. The claim above is on the record from 2026-10-07 and will be graded against the next priced round. See the full accuracy record →

How to actually get exposure to Groq →

Which publicly-traded funds already hold it, what $10,000 buys, and whether any route is open to you.

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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.

How much has Groq raised?

Groq has raised $1.8B in total, most recently a Series D-3 of $750M in Sep 2025.

Is Groq publicly traded — can you buy Groq stock?

No. Groq is a private company — its shares are not listed on any exchange and there is no ticker. The routes to exposure are pre-IPO secondary marketplaces and funds (accredited investors), employee tender offers when the company runs one, and public companies with read-through exposure. QuantLogix maps every route it can verify for Groq on its Pre-IPO Access Desk.

How to actually get exposure to Groq →

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.

Company Profile

CEO

Jonathan Ross

Founded

2016

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 · 1y 1mo 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

Secondary price return by period

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

Round	Amount	Date	Lead Investor	Post-Money
Series D-3	$750M	Sep 2025	—	—

Vertical Intelligence — AI / ML

Open models

verified organization

Downloads (30d)

across all models

Followers

518

Attributed to Hugging Face organization "Groq" as of 2026-10-04. 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 2026-09-15. 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.