Groq (Series D)
Funding Details
Awarder
Inbox
Date Award
June 8, 2025
Vertical
AI Hardware
Premoney Valuation
$2,170,000,000
Valuation
$2,810,000,000
Funding Amount
$640,000,000
Company Info
Traction
GroqCloud platform is currently being used by more than 360,000 developers who are building AI applications.
Organizations Involved
BlackRock, Tiger Global, Social Capital, D1 Capital, La Famiglia Capital
Founders
Jonathan Ross
Market
AI Applications
Location
USA
Coinvestors
TypeOne Ventures, Samsung Catalyst Fund, Cisco Investments
Company Description

Groq has built chips specifically designed for inference, that is, running generative AI models. The company is the creator of the LPU™ Inference Engine, the fastest language processing accelerator on the market, and is positioning itself as a direct challenge to Nvidia.

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