In 2016, a group of visionary engineers from Google, led by Jonathan Ross, embarked on a bold mission. Having worked on the development of Google’s Tensor Processing Unit (TPU), Ross had seen firsthand the potential of AI hardware to revolutionize industries, but he also recognized its limitations. With this insight, he and his co-founder, Douglas Wightman, set out to create something even more groundbreaking: Groq, a startup focused on high-performance AI inference technology. Fast-forward to 2024, Groq is now a unicorn valued at $2.8 billion, shaping the future of AI compute with its innovative hardware solutions.
A Rocky Start
The journey wasn't easy. As Ross himself recalled, "Groq nearly died many times." The company was, in his own words, "maybe a little bit early" to the mar
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