Staff Infrastructure Engineer, Groq
CA$156-272k
Plus equity
AI semiconductor chip manufacturer
Open for applications
AI semiconductor chip manufacturer
201-500 employees
Open for applications
CA$156-272k
Plus equity
201-500 employees
Company mission
To increase developer velocity in machine learning by leading the way with simple, fast, innovative solutions.
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Company mission
To increase developer velocity in machine learning by leading the way with simple, fast, innovative solutions.
Our take
Groq is an exciting semiconductor startup focused on creating advanced chips designed specifically for AI applications, particularly for AI inference, where models use trained data to deliver fast responses.
Groq aims to challenge Nvidia's dominance by focusing on speed and efficiency for AI deployment. While Nvidia's GPUs handle both training and running AI models, Groq's LPUs are optimized for inference tasks. With a recent $640M funding round, Groq plans to scale up and deploy over 100,000 LPUs by 2025.
To achieve this, the company has partnered with companies like Meta and Samsung, as well as sovereign entities like Saudi Aramco, showcasing the company's growth and potential. With its exciting technology, Groq is well-positioned to play a significant role in the AI chip market in the coming years.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Funding (last 2 of 5 rounds)
Aug 2024
$640m
SERIES D
Jul 2024
$300m
SERIES D
Total funding: $1.3bn
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Leadership
Jonathan Ross
(Founder & CEO)Majored in Mathematics and Computer Science at NYU. Joined Google as a Software Engineer in 2011, and was promoted to Hardware Engineer in 2013. Co-founded Google's Tensor Processing Unit. Was also a Rapid Evaluator at Google X, and then founded Groq in 2016, acting as its CTO before becoming the CEO in 2018.
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