Groq
Inference & serving · US
Groq was valued at $3.5B as of 17 August 2026 (verified). Source: Bloomberg, Groq valued at $3.5B in $350M round led by Disruptive after NVIDIA deal.
Inference cloud; NVIDIA licensed its LPU tech for ~$20B and hired most of the chip team, so Groq now runs NVIDIA GPUs.
- Valuation
- $3.5B
- Confidence
- verified
- As of
- 17 August 2026
- Layer
- Inference & serving
- Signal
- $3.5B, down 49%
- Website
- groq.com
Relationships (7)
Groq owns
- Groq LPUunsourced
Groq competes with
- Cerebrasunsourced
Groq routed to by
- ElevenLabsunsourced
- OpenRouterunsourced
Valuation history on the map
| Date | Mark | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2026 | $3.5B | -49.3% |
| 27 July 2026 | $6.9B |
Daily snapshots began 27 July 2026. Public companies move with the market every weekday.
Notes
Inference cloud; NVIDIA licensed its LPU tech for ~$20B and hired most of the chip team, so Groq now runs NVIDIA GPUs. The DOJ opened an antitrust probe into that deal in Sep 2026, and on 2026-10-02 two former Groq engineers sued the board in the Delaware Court of Chancery, alleging the transaction was an acquisition in all but name that squeezed stockholders out at a lowball price without the stockholder vote one would have required; the reported structure is a $17B licence to the company plus a separate ~$3B NVIDIA stock bonus pool for the engineers who moved, which is where the ~$20B headline comes from. Groq calls the suit meritless and says the agreement delivered exceptional value. $350M Series A at $3.5B led by Disruptive, NVIDIA participating - half its 2025 peak.
Sources
- Bloomberg, Groq valued at $3.5B in $350M round led by Disruptive after NVIDIA deal 2026-08-17
- TechCrunch, Groq raises $350M to fuel its pivot from AI chips to neocloud 2026-08-17
- CNBC, Nvidia's $20 billion Groq deal faces lawsuit alleging startup's stockholders were shortchanged (filed 2026-10-02, Delaware Court of Chancery) 2026-10-05
- Law.com, Groq Shareholders Challenge Nvidia's $20B Reverse Acqui-Hire 2026-10-05
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