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Nvidia x Groq (LPU Licensing Deal)
Nvidia entered a non-exclusive licensing agreement with Groq for its LPU inference technology, valued at USD 17-20B in cash payments. The Groq 3 LPU is integrated into Nvidia's Vera Rubin platform as the LPX inference accelerator. Groq founder Jonathan Ross and president Sunny Madra joined Nvidia as part of the deal.
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- licensing
- Status
- Activeinferred
- Announced
- 2025-12-249 months ago
- Start
- 2025-12-249 months ago
- Active for
- 9 months
Who’s involved
World leader in accelerated computing and AI (NASDAQ: NVDA). In physical AI, NVIDIA develops the Isaac robotics platform: the GR00T open foundation model, Jetson edge compute (AGX Thor), Isaac Lab and Isaac Sim simulation environments, and Omniverse. NVIDIA positions itself as the platform layer for the humanoid industry. Developer of [GR00T N1](/brains/gr00t-n1), the first open humanoid foundation model.
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Groq is an AI inference technology company founded in 2016 by former Google TPU engineer Jonathan Ross, headquartered in Mountain View, CA. It designs the Language Processing Unit (LPU), a purpose-built inference accelerator, and operates GroqCloud, a neocloud serving 5M+ developers across 13 data centers. In December 2025, Groq entered a USD 17-20B licensing deal with [Nvidia](/companies/nvidia), integrating the Groq 3 LPU into Nvidia's Vera Rubin platform.
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