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DirJournal Editorial Verdict

Groq is a DirJournal-verified AI Chip Makers entity.

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    Primary website is live, secure (HTTPS), and free of malware.

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  • Physical FootprintData Incomplete

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  • Active LeadershipData Incomplete

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About

Groq

Groq is an American AI inference hardware company founded in 2016 by Jonathan Ross, a former Google engineer who led the development of Google's Tensor Processing Unit (TPU). The company is headquartered in Mountain View, California with additional facilities in San Jose and Liberty Lake, Washington. Groq designed the Language Processing Unit (LPU), a custom AI accelerator chip that delivers up to 18x faster inference than traditional GPUs for language models. In December 2025, Groq entered a non-exclusive technology licensing agreement with Nvidia reportedly valued at $20 billion, after which founder Ross and president Sunny Madra joined Nvidia. Groq continues to operate independently under CEO Simon Edwards. The company has raised $2.4 billion in total funding across 7 rounds and operates the GroqCloud platform serving over 356,000 developers. Revenue reached $500 million in 2025.

DirJournal's Perspective

Editorial analysis

Groq's LPU architecture directly challenges Nvidia's GPU dominance by delivering significantly faster inference speeds on standard open-source models, positioning the company as the primary alternative for cost-conscious enterprises prioritizing latency over training flexibility.

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Frequently Asked

About Groq

What does Groq do?
Groq is an American AI inference hardware company founded in 2016 by Jonathan Ross, a former Google engineer who led the development of Google's Tensor Processing Unit (TPU). The company is headquartered in Mountain View, California with additional facilities in San Jose and Liberty Lake, Washington.
Where is Groq based?
Groq is based in Mountain View, California, United States.
When was Groq founded?
Groq was founded in 2016 and has been operating for 10 years.
Technical Grounding
JSON-LDOrganization
Location
Mountain View, California, United States
Founded
2016
Team Size
1-10 employees
Digital Footprint · Technical Entity Graph
  • Website
    groq.comHTTPS
  • Schema Type
    Organization
  • JSON-LD
    Active
  • NAP Vault ID
    Not assigned
  • Social Profiles
    4 verified profiles
  • Platform Tenure
    New listing
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Organization
areaServed
Global
openingHours
Mo-Fr 08:00-17:00

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