Groq

Groq announced it would be among the first adopters of NVIDIA Groq 3 LPX for deployments alongside NVIDIA Vera Rubin NVL72 in its purpose-built AI inference cloud, including describing work with Dell Technologies for deployment.

Groq closed a $350M Series A led by Disruptive with planned NVIDIA participation, valuing the company at $3.5B; the company describes scaling its global inference footprint.

Groq joined NVIDIA’s NVIDIA Cloud Partner (NCP) program, describing certification to design, deploy, and operate NVIDIA accelerated computing to NVIDIA reference architecture and operational standards.

Groq announced $650M in growth capital to accelerate expansion of its AI inference cloud and scale toward ~200MW by end of 2027; the round was led by Disruptive and Infinitum.

Groq announced a non-exclusive licensing agreement with NVIDIA for Groq’s inference technology, describing that Groq would continue operating independently while GroqCloud operates without interruption.

Groq announced a memorandum of understanding (MOU) framework with the U.S. Department of Energy’s Genesis Mission, describing collaboration areas such as low-latency inference for scientific discovery and energy-efficient inference/supply chain evaluation.

Groq announced a partnership with Paytm to bring real-time AI inference to Paytm’s platform via GroqCloud, describing faster and more cost-efficient inference compared to traditional GPU systems.

Groq announced its first European data center footprint in Helsinki, Finland in collaboration with Equinix to meet demand from European customers, describing latency and infrastructure readiness for production workloads.