{"id":33768,"date":"2025-09-17T18:49:43","date_gmt":"2025-09-17T11:49:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thaipropertynews.com\/feeds\/?p=33768"},"modified":"2025-09-17T18:49:43","modified_gmt":"2025-09-17T11:49:43","slug":"groq-raises-750-million-as-inference-demand-surges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thaipropertynews.com\/feeds\/?p=33768","title":{"rendered":"Groq Raises $750 Million as Inference Demand Surges"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><i>The investment strengthens Groq&#8217;s role in the American AI Stack, delivering fast, affordable compute worldwide.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"legendSpanClass\"><span class=\"xn-location\">MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.<\/span><\/span>, <span class=\"legendSpanClass\"><span class=\"xn-chron\">Sept. 17, 2025<\/span><\/span> \/PRNewswire\/ &#8212; Groq, the pioneer in AI inference, today announced <span class=\"xn-money\">$750 million<\/span> in new financing at a post-money valuation of <span class=\"xn-money\">$6.9 billion<\/span>. The round was led by Disruptive with significant investment from Blackrock, Neuberger Berman, Deutsche Telekom Capital Partners and a large US-based West Coast mutual fund manager. The raise also included continued support from Samsung, Cisco, D1, Altimeter, 1789 Capital and Infinitum.<\/p>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">   <a href=\"https:\/\/mma.prnasia.com\/media2\/2725167\/Groq_Logo_No_Trademark.jpg?p=medium600\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Groq is the AI inference platform designed so customers can build fast, with the unmatched capacity and low cost to scale.\" src=\"https:\/\/mma.prnasia.com\/media2\/2725167\/Groq_Logo_No_Trademark.jpg?p=medium600\" alt=\"Groq is the AI inference platform designed so customers can build fast, with the unmatched capacity and low cost to scale.\" align=\"middle\" \/><\/a>   <br \/>   <span>Groq is the AI inference platform designed so customers can build fast, with the unmatched capacity and low cost to scale.<\/span>  <\/div>\n<p>Groq powers more than two million developers and Fortune 500 companies with fast, affordable compute and is growing its presence globally, building on existing data centers in <span class=\"xn-location\">North America<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-location\">Europe<\/span>, and the <span class=\"xn-location\">Middle East<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Inference is defining this era of AI, and we&#8217;re building the American infrastructure that delivers it with high speed and low cost.&#8221; \u2014 <span class=\"xn-person\">Jonathan Ross<\/span>, Groq Founder and CEO<\/p>\n<p>The White House recently issued an executive order promoting the export of the American AI Technology Stack, emphasizing the global deployment of US-origin AI technology. Groq is playing a central role, with their American-built inference infrastructure already powering developers and enterprises worldwide.<\/p>\n<p>Disruptive, a <span class=\"xn-location\">Dallas<\/span>-based growth investment firm, has backed some of the most transformative and successful companies in the last decade, including large investments in Palantir, Airbnb, Spotify, Shield AI, Hims, Databricks, Stripe, Slack and many other AI leaders and AI adjacent businesses. Disruptive has invested nearly <span class=\"xn-money\">$350 million<\/span> in Groq.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;As AI expands, the infrastructure behind it will be as essential as the models themselves,&#8221; said <span class=\"xn-person\">Alex Davis<\/span>, Founder, Chairman, and CEO of Disruptive. &#8220;Groq is building that foundation, and we couldn&#8217;t be more excited to partner with Jonathan and his team in this next chapter of explosive growth.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><b>About Groq<\/b><br \/>Groq is the inference infrastructure that powers AI with the speed and cost it requires. Founded in 2016, the company created the LPU and GroqCloud to ensure compute is faster and more affordable. Today, Groq is a key part of the American AI Stack and trusted by more than two million developers and many of the world&#8217;s leading Fortune 500 companies.<\/p>\n<p>Groq Media Contact: <u><a href=\"mailto:pr-media@groq.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">pr-media@groq.com<\/a><\/u><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><!-- wp:html --><\/p>\n<p><i>The investment strengthens Groq&#8217;s role in the American AI Stack, delivering fast, affordable compute worldwide.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"legendSpanClass\"><span class=\"xn-location\">MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.<\/span><\/span>, <span class=\"legendSpanClass\"><span class=\"xn-chron\">Sept. 17, 2025<\/span><\/span> \/PRNewswire\/ &#8212; Groq, the pioneer in AI inference, today announced <span class=\"xn-money\">$750 million<\/span> in new financing at a post-money valuation of <span class=\"xn-money\">$6.9 billion<\/span>. The round was led by Disruptive with significant investment from Blackrock, Neuberger Berman, Deutsche Telekom Capital Partners and a large US-based West Coast mutual fund manager. The raise also included continued support from Samsung, Cisco, D1, Altimeter, 1789 Capital and Infinitum.<\/p>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">   <a href=\"https:\/\/mma.prnasia.com\/media2\/2725167\/Groq_Logo_No_Trademark.jpg?p=medium600\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Groq is the AI inference platform designed so customers can build fast, with the unmatched capacity and low cost to scale.\" src=\"https:\/\/mma.prnasia.com\/media2\/2725167\/Groq_Logo_No_Trademark.jpg?p=medium600\" alt=\"Groq is the AI inference platform designed so customers can build fast, with the unmatched capacity and low cost to scale.\" align=\"middle\" \/><\/a>   <br \/>   <span>Groq is the AI inference platform designed so customers can build fast, with the unmatched capacity and low cost to scale.<\/span>  <\/div>\n<p>Groq powers more than two million developers and Fortune 500 companies with fast, affordable compute and is growing its presence globally, building on existing data centers in <span class=\"xn-location\">North America<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-location\">Europe<\/span>, and the <span class=\"xn-location\">Middle East<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Inference is defining this era of AI, and we&#8217;re building the American infrastructure that delivers it with high speed and low cost.&#8221; \u2014 <span class=\"xn-person\">Jonathan Ross<\/span>, Groq Founder and CEO<\/p>\n<p>The White House recently issued an executive order promoting the export of the American AI Technology Stack, emphasizing the global deployment of US-origin AI technology. Groq is playing a central role, with their American-built inference infrastructure already powering developers and enterprises worldwide.<\/p>\n<p>Disruptive, a <span class=\"xn-location\">Dallas<\/span>-based growth investment firm, has backed some of the most transformative and successful companies in the last decade, including large investments in Palantir, Airbnb, Spotify, Shield AI, Hims, Databricks, Stripe, Slack and many other AI leaders and AI adjacent businesses. Disruptive has invested nearly <span class=\"xn-money\">$350 million<\/span> in Groq.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;As AI expands, the infrastructure behind it will be as essential as the models themselves,&#8221; said <span class=\"xn-person\">Alex Davis<\/span>, Founder, Chairman, and CEO of Disruptive. &#8220;Groq is building that foundation, and we couldn&#8217;t be more excited to partner with Jonathan and his team in this next chapter of explosive growth.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><b>About Groq<\/b><br \/>Groq is the inference infrastructure that powers AI with the speed and cost it requires. Founded in 2016, the company created the LPU and GroqCloud to ensure compute is faster and more affordable. Today, Groq is a key part of the American AI Stack and trusted by more than two million developers and many of the world&#8217;s leading Fortune 500 companies.<\/p>\n<p>Groq Media Contact: <u><a href=\"mailto:pr-media@groq.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">pr-media@groq.com<\/a><\/u><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:html --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":[],"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[5,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-33768","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cision-pr-newswire","category-cision-pr-newswire-en"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thaipropertynews.com\/feeds\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33768","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thaipropertynews.com\/feeds\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thaipropertynews.com\/feeds\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thaipropertynews.com\/feeds\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thaipropertynews.com\/feeds\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=33768"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thaipropertynews.com\/feeds\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33768\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thaipropertynews.com\/feeds\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=33768"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thaipropertynews.com\/feeds\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=33768"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thaipropertynews.com\/feeds\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=33768"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}