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Nvidia Licenses Groq’s Inference Technology as Startup’s Leaders Move to the Chip Giant

The deal reflects a licensing-plus-talent play that lets Nvidia tap Groq’s low-latency designs without a full acquisition.

Overview

  • Groq said it signed a non‑exclusive licensing agreement with Nvidia for its AI inference technology and will continue operating independently.
  • Founder Jonathan Ross, president Sunny Madra and other engineers will join Nvidia to help advance and scale the licensed technology.
  • GroqCloud is excluded from the arrangement and will keep running, with Simon Edwards taking over as chief executive.
  • CNBC reported a roughly $20 billion cash acquisition, a claim neither company confirmed and that other outlets and sources disputed.
  • Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang told employees the company plans to integrate Groq’s low‑latency processors into its AI factory architecture to broaden real‑time and inference workloads.