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Groq
AI semiconductor chip manufacturer
- 101-200 employees
- B2B
- Artificial Intelligence
- Manufacturing
- Machine Learning
- 400 Castro St., Suite 600 Mountain View, CA 94041
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Company mission
Groq's mission is to increase developer velocity in machine learning by leading the way with simple, fast, innovative solutions.
Otta's take
Xav Kearney
CTO of Otta
Groq is an exciting semiconductor startup that went commercial with its long-developed product in 2020. It is making waves with its specialized chips designed for artificial intelligence, and looks set to challenge chipmaking giants Nvidia and AMD.
Much of its success will depend on corporate partnerships. Competitor Graphcore, for example, has teamed with Dell and Microsoft, which makes it a serious rival in this space. For its part Groq is building a solid customer base with including large companies especially in the financial services and autonomous driving industries
Groq's innovative processor architecture and collaborative culture invites constant growth opportunities and impactful contributions. It is continuing to develop its technology and is hiring additional talent to help it move forward in the market.
Benefits
- Work from home opportunities
- Lunch & Learn: Everyone at Groq is invited to these 1 hour weekly virtual sessions. Attend to learn a new skill or topic – from survival in the woods to privacy-preserving machine learning – or present your own topic!
- Get your home office up and running with our technology stipend, provided upon joining Groq. Continue learning and building skills of your choice with an annual learning stipend
- A monthly, virtual meeting led by CEO, Jonathan Ross sharing company updates on strategy, growth, and opportunities transparently
- Beers & Demos: At these weekly virtual gatherings, all employees are invited to share their latest work via 5 minute demos for everyone to learn from
- Coaching, mentoring and training
- Committed to meeting talent where it lives, Groq is geo-agnostic. This means you can work remotely from where your life takes place, rather than Groq taking you from that place to work near headquarters
- Town Halls
Funding (last 2 of 3 rounds)
Apr 2021
$300m
SERIES C
Sep 2018
$52m
SERIES A
$362m
Total funding
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Founders
Jonathan Ross
(CEO)Majored in Mathematics and Computer Science at NYU. Joined Google as a Software Engineer in 2011, and was promoted to Hardware Engineer in 2013. Co-founded Google's Tensor Processing Unit. Was Rapid Evaluator at Google X, and then founded Groq in 2016, acting as its CTO. Became CEO in 2018.
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