Overview
- Groq confirmed a non-exclusive licensing agreement with Nvidia for its inference technology and said founder Jonathan Ross, president Sunny Madra, and other team members will join Nvidia.
- Groq will continue operating independently with CFO Simon Edwards becoming CEO, and GroqCloud will remain available.
- Multiple outlets report the deal is valued at about $20 billion, though Nvidia and Groq have not disclosed financial terms.
- Analysts and reporters characterize the structure as an acquihire designed to bring key talent and IP to Nvidia while reducing immediate antitrust scrutiny.
- The agreement targets low-latency inference, adding Groq’s LPU architecture, compiler, and software stack to Nvidia’s offerings to complement its leadership in model training.