Groq valuation, funding and investors

Groq works in AI accelerator hardware development, based in San Jose, United States. Founded in 2016, it has about 309 employees.

Electronical Components Manufacturing Growth Equity

VALUATION · TODAY

$7.05B −15% after Growth

Range $4.96B – $10.02B · Grade B

TODAY

+12 MO

$2.50B

$5.00B

$7.50B

$10.00B

2017

2018

2019

2020

2021

2022

2023

2024

2025

2026

2027

Seed $10.3M

Series A $10.3M

Series B $52.3M

Series C $300M

Series D $640M

Growth $750M

Growth $650M

ValuationBefore first round12-month outlook: where it points, how wide it fansHover the past: the outlook shows what was predicted then

HEADCOUNT · TODAY309 employees

−17%6m growth

−42%1y growth

+3%2y growth

250

500

750

Data from Jan 2021

TODAY

Predicted in 1 yr $6.01B −15% vs today

Predicted next raise $697M if a round comes

Winding-down probability 97%

Last round: Growth · $650M · Jun 2026
Valuation at last round: $7.06B · implied
Headcount: 309 · shrinking
Grade: B
Founded: 2016

How VCMC values companies →

Groq valuation today

VCMC values Groq at $7.0B today, with a range of $5.0B to $10.0B and a grade of B. The valuation starts from its last funding round, a growth round in Jun 2026.

Valuation by date (138 rows)

Each point is what the model would have shown on that date, using only what was known then; before its first round, a company is valued as a startup because it later raised.

Groq: valuation by date, as the model would have shown it on each date
Date	Valuation	Range	Predicted in 1 yr	Phase	Headcount	Trend	Grade	Winding-down probability
1 Jan 2016	$5.86M	$2.13M – $16.1M	$7.03M (+20%)	before first round	–	unknown	D	0%
1 Feb 2016	$5.88M	$2.14M – $16.2M	$7.22M (+23%)	before first round	–	unknown	D	0%
1 Mar 2016	$5.91M	$2.15M – $16.2M	$7.40M (+25%)	before first round	–	unknown	D	0%
1 Apr 2016	$5.93M	$2.16M – $16.3M	$7.60M (+28%)	before first round	–	unknown	D	0%
1 May 2016	$5.95M	$2.17M – $16.4M	$7.80M (+31%)	before first round	–	unknown	D	0%
1 Jun 2016	$5.98M	$2.18M – $16.4M	$8.01M (+34%)	before first round	–	unknown	D	0%
1 Jul 2016	$6.00M	$2.18M – $16.5M	$8.22M (+37%)	before first round	–	unknown	D	0%
1 Aug 2016	$6.16M	$2.24M – $16.9M	$8.44M (+37%)	before first round	–	unknown	D	0%
1 Sep 2016	$6.33M	$2.30M – $17.4M	$8.67M (+37%)	before first round	–	unknown	D	0%
1 Oct 2016	$6.49M	$2.36M – $17.8M	$8.90M (+37%)	before first round	–	unknown	D	0%
1 Nov 2016	$6.67M	$2.43M – $18.3M	$9.14M (+37%)	before first round	–	unknown	D	0%
1 Dec 2016	$6.84M	$2.49M – $18.8M	$9.38M (+37%)	before first round	–	unknown	D	0%
1 Jan 2017	$7.03M	$2.56M – $19.3M	$9.63M (+37%)	before first round	–	unknown	D	0%
1 Feb 2017	$7.22M	$2.63M – $19.8M	$9.89M (+37%)	before first round	–	unknown	D	0%
1 Mar 2017	$7.39M	$2.69M – $20.3M	$10.1M (+37%)	before first round	–	unknown	D	0%
1 Apr 2017	$41.2M	$27.1M – $125M	$82.4M (+100%)	after a round	–	unknown	C	0%
2 Apr 2017	$41.3M	$27.1M – $125M	$82.4M (+100%)	after a round	–	unknown	C	0%
21 Apr 2017	$68.6M	$48.2M – $175M	$123M (+80%)	after a round	–	unknown	C	0%
1 May 2017	$69.7M	$48.2M – $175M	$123M (+77%)	after a round	–	unknown	C	0%
1 Jun 2017	$73.2M	$48.2M – $175M	$123M (+68%)	after a round	–	unknown	C	0%
1 Jul 2017	$76.9M	$48.2M – $175M	$123M (+60%)	after a round	–	unknown	C	0%
1 Aug 2017	$80.8M	$48.2M – $175M	$123M (+53%)	after a round	–	unknown	C	0%
1 Sep 2017	$84.9M	$48.2M – $175M	$123M (+45%)	after a round	–	unknown	C	0%
1 Oct 2017	$89.1M	$48.2M – $175M	$123M (+38%)	after a round	–	unknown	C	0%
1 Nov 2017	$93.7M	$48.2M – $175M	$123M (+32%)	after a round	–	unknown	C	0%
1 Dec 2017	$98.3M	$48.2M – $175M	$123M (+25%)	after a round	–	unknown	C	0%
1 Jan 2018	$103M	$48.2M – $175M	$123M (+19%)	after a round	–	unknown	C	0%
1 Feb 2018	$109M	$48.2M – $175M	$123M (+13%)	after a round	–	unknown	C	0%
1 Mar 2018	$114M	$48.2M – $175M	$123M (+8%)	after a round	–	unknown	C	0%
1 Apr 2018	$119M	$48.2M – $175M	$123M (+3%)	after a round	–	unknown	C	0%
1 May 2018	$123M	$47.4M – $175M	$123M (0%)	after a round	–	unknown	C	0%
1 Jun 2018	$123M	$45.0M – $175M	$123M (0%)	after a round	–	unknown	C	0%
1 Jul 2018	$123M	$42.9M – $175M	$123M (0%)	after a round	–	unknown	C	0%
1 Aug 2018	$123M	$40.7M – $175M	$123M (0%)	after a round	–	unknown	C	0%
1 Sep 2018	$123M	$38.7M – $175M	$123M (0%)	after a round	–	unknown	C	0%
5 Sep 2018	$277M	$195M – $589M	$415M (+50%)	after a round	–	unknown	B	0%
1 Oct 2018	$285M	$195M – $589M	$415M (+46%)	after a round	–	unknown	B	0%
1 Nov 2018	$295M	$195M – $589M	$415M (+41%)	after a round	–	unknown	B	0%
1 Dec 2018	$305M	$195M – $589M	$415M (+36%)	after a round	–	unknown	B	0%
1 Jan 2019	$316M	$195M – $589M	$415M (+31%)	after a round	–	unknown	B	0%
1 Feb 2019	$327M	$195M – $589M	$415M (+27%)	after a round	–	unknown	B	0%
1 Mar 2019	$337M	$195M – $589M	$415M (+23%)	after a round	–	unknown	B	0%
1 Apr 2019	$349M	$195M – $589M	$415M (+19%)	after a round	–	unknown	B	0%
1 May 2019	$361M	$195M – $589M	$415M (+15%)	after a round	–	unknown	B	0%
1 Jun 2019	$373M	$195M – $589M	$415M (+11%)	after a round	–	unknown	B	0%
1 Jul 2019	$386M	$195M – $589M	$415M (+8%)	after a round	–	unknown	B	0%
1 Aug 2019	$399M	$195M – $589M	$415M (+4%)	after a round	–	unknown	B	0%
1 Sep 2019	$413M	$195M – $589M	$415M (0%)	after a round	–	unknown	B	0%
1 Oct 2019	$415M	$188M – $589M	$415M (0%)	after a round	–	unknown	B	0%
1 Nov 2019	$415M	$180M – $589M	$415M (0%)	after a round	–	unknown	B	0%
1 Dec 2019	$415M	$172M – $589M	$415M (0%)	after a round	–	unknown	C	0%
1 Jan 2020	$415M	$165M – $589M	$415M (0%)	after a round	–	unknown	C	0%
1 Feb 2020	$415M	$157M – $589M	$415M (0%)	after a round	–	unknown	C	0%
1 Mar 2020	$415M	$151M – $589M	$415M (0%)	after a round	–	unknown	C	0%
1 Apr 2020	$415M	$145M – $589M	$415M (0%)	after a round	–	unknown	C	0%
1 May 2020	$415M	$138M – $589M	$415M (0%)	after a round	–	unknown	C	0%
1 Jun 2020	$415M	$132M – $589M	$415M (0%)	after a round	–	unknown	C	0%
1 Jul 2020	$415M	$127M – $589M	$415M (0%)	after a round	–	unknown	C	0%
1 Aug 2020	$415M	$121M – $589M	$415M (0%)	after a round	–	unknown	C	0%
1 Sep 2020	$415M	$116M – $589M	$415M (0%)	after a round	–	unknown	C	0%
1 Oct 2020	$415M	$102M – $589M	$415M (0%)	after a round	–	unknown	C	0%
1 Nov 2020	$415M	$97.2M – $589M	$415M (0%)	after a round	–	unknown	C	0%
1 Dec 2020	$415M	$92.5M – $589M	$415M (0%)	after a round	–	unknown	C	0%
1 Jan 2021	$415M	$87.9M – $589M	$415M (0%)	after a round	66	unknown	C	0%
1 Feb 2021	$415M	$83.5M – $589M	$415M (0%)	after a round	66	unknown	C	0%
1 Mar 2021	$415M	$79.8M – $589M	$415M (0%)	after a round	66	unknown	C	0%
1 Apr 2021	$415M	$75.8M – $589M	$392M (-6%)	after a round	66	flat	D	0%
15 Apr 2021	$1.0B	$869M – $1.5B	$1.3B (+30%)	after a round	66	flat	A	0%
1 May 2021	$1.0B	$869M – $1.5B	$1.3B (+28%)	after a round	66	flat	A	0%
1 Jun 2021	$1.0B	$869M – $1.5B	$1.3B (+26%)	after a round	66	flat	A	0%
1 Jul 2021	$1.1B	$869M – $1.5B	$1.3B (+23%)	after a round	66	flat	A	0%
1 Aug 2021	$1.1B	$869M – $1.5B	$1.3B (+20%)	after a round	66	flat	A	0%
1 Sep 2021	$1.1B	$869M – $1.5B	$1.3B (+18%)	after a round	66	flat	A	0%
1 Oct 2021	$1.1B	$869M – $1.5B	$1.3B (+15%)	after a round	66	flat	A	0%
1 Nov 2021	$1.2B	$869M – $1.5B	$1.3B (+13%)	after a round	66	flat	A	0%
1 Dec 2021	$1.2B	$869M – $1.5B	$1.3B (+10%)	after a round	66	flat	A	0%
1 Jan 2022	$1.2B	$869M – $1.5B	$1.3B (+8%)	after a round	66	flat	A	0%
1 Feb 2022	$1.2B	$869M – $1.5B	$1.3B (+5%)	after a round	66	flat	A	0%
1 Mar 2022	$1.3B	$869M – $1.5B	$1.3B (+3%)	after a round	66	flat	A	0%
1 Apr 2022	$1.6B	$869M – $1.9B	$1.7B (+2%)	after a round	210	growing	B	0%
1 May 2022	$1.7B	$882M – $1.9B	$1.7B (0%)	after a round	210	growing	B	0%
1 Jun 2022	$1.7B	$907M – $1.9B	$1.7B (0%)	after a round	210	growing	B	0%
1 Jul 2022	$1.7B	$931M – $1.9B	$1.7B (0%)	after a round	210	growing	B	0%
1 Aug 2022	$1.7B	$957M – $1.9B	$1.7B (0%)	after a round	210	growing	B	0%
1 Sep 2022	$1.7B	$983M – $1.9B	$1.7B (0%)	after a round	210	growing	B	0%
1 Oct 2022	$1.7B	$1.0B – $1.9B	$1.7B (0%)	after a round	210	growing	B	0%
1 Nov 2022	$1.7B	$740M – $1.9B	$1.7B (0%)	after a round	210	unknown	B	0%
1 Dec 2022	$1.7B	$723M – $1.9B	$1.7B (0%)	after a round	210	unknown	B	0%
1 Jan 2023	$1.7B	$705M – $1.9B	$1.7B (0%)	after a round	210	unknown	B	0%
1 Feb 2023	$1.7B	$688M – $1.9B	$1.7B (0%)	after a round	210	unknown	B	0%
1 Mar 2023	$1.7B	$673M – $1.9B	$1.7B (0%)	after a round	210	unknown	B	0%
1 Apr 2023	$1.7B	$656M – $1.9B	$1.7B (0%)	after a round	210	flat	B	0%
1 May 2023	$1.7B	$599M – $1.9B	$1.7B (0%)	after a round	210	flat	B	0%
1 Jun 2023	$1.7B	$569M – $1.9B	$1.7B (-1%)	after a round	210	flat	C	0%
1 Jul 2023	$1.7B	$542M – $1.9B	$1.6B (-2%)	after a round	210	flat	C	0%
1 Aug 2023	$1.7B	$515M – $1.9B	$1.6B (-3%)	after a round	210	flat	C	0%
1 Sep 2023	$1.7B	$489M – $1.9B	$1.6B (-4%)	after a round	210	flat	C	0%
1 Oct 2023	$1.4B	$461M – $1.9B	$1.3B (-12%)	after a round	200	flat	C	21%
1 Nov 2023	$1.4B	$438M – $1.9B	$1.2B (-14%)	after a round	200	flat	C	24%
1 Dec 2023	$1.4B	$417M – $1.9B	$1.2B (-15%)	after a round	200	flat	C	24%
1 Jan 2024	$1.4B	$396M – $1.9B	$1.2B (-16%)	after a round	200	flat	C	24%
1 Feb 2024	$1.4B	$381M – $1.9B	$1.2B (-16%)	after a round	210	flat	C	22%
1 Mar 2024	$1.4B	$367M – $1.9B	$1.2B (-15%)	after a round	220	flat	C	21%
1 Apr 2024	$1.4B	$348M – $1.9B	$1.2B (-15%)	after a round	220	flat	C	19%
1 May 2024	$1.4B	$332M – $1.9B	$1.2B (-14%)	after a round	220	flat	C	17%
1 Jun 2024	$1.4B	$315M – $1.9B	$1.2B (-14%)	after a round	220	flat	C	16%
1 Jul 2024	$1.4B	$300M – $1.9B	$1.2B (-14%)	after a round	220	flat	C	15%
1 Aug 2024	$1.6B	$884M – $2.1B	$1.5B (-6%)	after a round	300	growing	B	14%
6 Aug 2024	$2.8B	$2.4B – $4.2B	$3.6B (+30%)	after a round	300	growing	A	0%
1 Sep 2024	$2.9B	$2.4B – $4.2B	$3.6B (+28%)	after a round	300	growing	A	0%
1 Oct 2024	$2.9B	$2.4B – $4.2B	$3.6B (+25%)	after a round	300	growing	A	0%
1 Nov 2024	$3.0B	$2.4B – $4.3B	$3.8B (+25%)	after a round	350	growing	A	0%
1 Dec 2024	$3.1B	$2.4B – $4.3B	$3.8B (+22%)	after a round	350	growing	A	0%
1 Jan 2025	$3.2B	$2.4B – $4.3B	$3.8B (+19%)	after a round	350	growing	A	0%
1 Feb 2025	$3.2B	$2.4B – $4.3B	$3.8B (+16%)	after a round	350	growing	A	0%
1 Mar 2025	$3.3B	$2.4B – $4.3B	$3.8B (+14%)	after a round	350	growing	A	0%
1 Apr 2025	$3.4B	$2.4B – $4.3B	$3.8B (+11%)	after a round	350	growing	A	0%
1 May 2025	$3.5B	$2.4B – $4.3B	$3.8B (+8%)	after a round	350	growing	A	0%
1 Jun 2025	$3.6B	$2.4B – $4.3B	$3.8B (+5%)	after a round	350	growing	A	0%
1 Jul 2025	$3.9B	$2.4B – $4.7B	$4.1B (+4%)	after a round	500	growing	B	0%
1 Aug 2025	$4.1B	$2.4B – $4.8B	$4.1B (0%)	after a round	535	growing	B	0%
1 Sep 2025	$4.1B	$2.5B – $4.8B	$4.1B (0%)	after a round	535	growing	B	0%
18 Sep 2025	$6.9B	$6.0B – $8.7B	$7.6B (+10%)	after a round	535	growing	A	0%
1 Oct 2025	$6.9B	$6.0B – $8.7B	$7.6B (+10%)	after a round	535	growing	A	0%
1 Nov 2025	$7.0B	$6.0B – $8.7B	$7.6B (+9%)	after a round	621	growing	A	0%
1 Dec 2025	$7.0B	$6.0B – $8.7B	$7.6B (+8%)	after a round	621	growing	A	0%
1 Jan 2026	$7.1B	$6.0B – $8.7B	$7.6B (+7%)	after a round	621	growing	A	0%
1 Feb 2026	$7.2B	$6.0B – $8.7B	$7.6B (+6%)	after a round	621	growing	A	0%
1 Mar 2026	$7.2B	$6.0B – $8.7B	$7.6B (+5%)	after a round	621	growing	A	0%
1 Apr 2026	$6.8B	$5.9B – $7.9B	$6.8B (-1%)	after a round	373	flat	A	0%
1 May 2026	$6.8B	$5.9B – $7.9B	$6.8B (-1%)	after a round	373	flat	A	0%
1 Jun 2026	$6.9B	$6.0B – $7.9B	$5.0B (-27%)	after a round	373	down	A	97%
23 Jun 2026	$7.1B	$5.0B – $10.0B	$7.1B (0%)	after a round	373	down	B	97%
1 Jul 2026	$7.1B	$5.0B – $10.0B	$7.0B (-1%)	after a round	373	down	B	97%
1 Aug 2026	$7.1B	$5.0B – $10.0B	$6.7B (-5%)	after a round	312	shrinking	B	97%
1 Sep 2026	$7.1B	$5.0B – $10.0B	$6.5B (-9%)	after a round	312	shrinking	B	97%
1 Oct 2026	$7.0B	$5.0B – $10.0B	$6.2B (-12%)	after a round	309	shrinking	B	97%
24 Oct 2026	$7.0B	$5.0B – $10.0B	$6.0B (-15%)	after a round	309	shrinking	B	97%

Key facts about Groq

Founded: 2016
Headquarters: San Jose, United States
Employees: about 309 -50% in a year
Total raised: $2.41B
Funding rounds: 8
Last round: Growth Equity Jun 2026

Groq was founded in 2016 by Douglas Wightman and Jonathan Ross.

Groq funding history

Groq has 8 funding rounds on record, from Apr 2017 to Jun 2026, $2.41B in total. The latest disclosed valuation is $20.00B post-money (Acquisition, Dec 2025).

Growth Equity 22 Jun 2026
Led by Disruptive, Infinitum.
Sources: groq.com, techcrunch.com, axios.com and 2 more
$650M
Acquisition 1 Dec 2025no round page
With Nvidia.
Sources: aoqi.substack.com, f4.fund, intuitionlabs.ai
$20.00B
$20.00B post-money
Growth Equity 17 Sep 2025
Led by Disruptive; with BlackRock, Neuberger Berman, Digital Transformation Capital Partners, Samsung Venture Investment, Cisco, D1 Capital Partners, Altimeter, 1789 Capital, Infinitum.
Sources: prnewswire.com, techcrunch.com, f4.fund and 2 more
$750M
$6.90B post-money
Series D 5 Aug 2024
Led by BlackRock Private Equity Partners, BlackRock; with Cisco Investments, Samsung Catalyst Fund, Neuberger Berman, Type One Ventures, Global Brain.
Sources: scalecapital.com, axios.com, pymnts.com and 3 more
$640M
$2.80B post-money
Series C 14 Apr 2021
Led by Tiger Global, D1 Capital Partners; with The Spruce House Partnership, Addition, GCM Grosvenor, XN, Firebolt Ventures, General Global Capital, Tru Arrow Partners, TDK Ventures, XTX Ventures, Boardman Bay, Infinitum Partners.
Sources: prnewswire.com, siliconangle.com, electronicsweekly.com and 4 more
$300M
$1.00B post-money
Series B 4 Sep 2018
Led by Social Capital; with Acequia Capital, NJF Capital, Blue Gentian Capital, Cambium Capital.
Sources: mg21.com, betakit.com
$52M
Series A 20 Apr 2017
Led by Social Capital; with Conconi Growth Partners, Daniel Gross.
Sources: mg21.com, betakit.com
$10M
Seed 1 Apr 2017
Led by Social Capital; with Conconi Growth Partners, Daniel Gross.
Sources: mg21.com
$10M

Groq investors

35 investors have backed Groq; Social Capital, BlackRock and D1 Capital Partners and 4 more led at least one round.

Social Capital lead, 3 rounds
BlackRock lead, 2 rounds
D1 Capital Partners lead, 2 rounds
Infinitum lead, 2 rounds
BlackRock Private Equity Partners lead
Tiger Global lead
Daniel Gross 2 rounds
Neuberger Berman 2 rounds
1789 Capital
Addition
Altimeter
Cisco
GCM Grosvenor
Nvidia
Samsung Venture Investment
The Spruce House Partnership
Tru Arrow Partners
XN
XTX Ventures

What Groq does

Groq works in electronical components manufacturing, with 16 recorded offerings and customers in artificial intelligence, cloud computing, semiconductor and gaming.

Groq, Inc. is an American artificial intelligence company engaged in the development of AI accelerators and custom silicon for inference tasks. The company operates in the artificial intelligence, cloud computing, and semiconductor industries, providing hardware and software solutions for AI inference, including a cloud-based platform and messaging services. Groq serves enterprise clients, developers, and the gaming sector, with a focus on scalability and cost-effectiveness. The company is a fabless semiconductor firm and is part of the United States semiconductor industry.

Description from Veridion's company data.

Products and services

AI Accelerator Hardware Development
Inference-Specific Chip Manufacturing
AI Hardware Architecture Design
Custom Semiconductor Engineering
AI Hardware Licensing
AI Cloud Platform Services
Inference Task Hosting Services
AI Messaging Service Development
AI Workload Processing Services
Image Classification Task Processing
Large Language Model Processing Services
Predictive Analysis Task Processing
Data Center Infrastructure Services
Cloud Computing Services
Enterprise AI Solution Development
Gaming AI Solution Development

Markets

Artificial Intelligence
Cloud Computing
Semiconductor
Gaming
Automotive

Technology

Custom Silicon for AI Inference
Cloud-Based Inference Platform
Large Language Model Acceleration Architecture

Business model

Business-to-Business
Service Provider
Enterprise
Licensing

Industry codes (NAICS)

334413 Semiconductor and Related Device Manufacturing 60% match
518210 Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services 25% match
541511 Custom Computer Programming Services 15% match

Questions about Groq

What is Groq worth?

Valuation $7.0B (range $5.0B to $10.0B), as of 24 Oct 2026. The last disclosed valuation was $20.00B (Acquisition, Dec 2025).

Has Groq raised money?

Groq has 8 funding rounds on record, from Apr 2017 to Jun 2026, $2.41B in total. The latest disclosed valuation is $20.00B post-money (Acquisition, Dec 2025).

Who has invested in Groq?

Social Capital, BlackRock, D1 Capital Partners, Disruptive, Infinitum and BlackRock Private Equity Partners, and 29 more. Lead investors include Social Capital, BlackRock, D1 Capital Partners and Disruptive.

How many people work at Groq?

About 309, down 50% over the last year. Headcount rose from 66 in Jan 2021 to 621 in Nov 2025, then fell to 309 in Sep 2026.

What does Groq do?

Groq works in electronical components manufacturing, with 16 recorded offerings and customers in artificial intelligence, cloud computing, semiconductor and gaming. Its main offerings are AI accelerator hardware development, inference-specific chip manufacturing and AI hardware architecture design.

When was Groq founded, and where is it based?

Groq was founded in 2016 and is based in San Jose, United States. It has about 309 employees, down 50% over the last year.

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Groq valuation, funding and investors

Groq valuation today

Key facts about Groq

Groq funding history

Growth Equity 22 Jun 2026

Acquisition 1 Dec 2025no round page

Growth Equity 17 Sep 2025

Series D 5 Aug 2024

Series C 14 Apr 2021

Series B 4 Sep 2018

Series A 20 Apr 2017

Seed 1 Apr 2017