Groq
Inference is Fuel for AI
AI
📍 Mountain View, CA
Founded 2016
Current Valuation
$6.4B
as of 2025-Q3
UNICORN
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
Est. Revenue
$500M (2025-Q3)
Growth
Explosive growth as emerging hyperscaler with global data center expansion
Last Round
Series D-3 — $750M (Sep 2025)
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.