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Jonathan Ross

Founder and CEO of Groq (2016). Former Google engineer who co-designed the Tensor Processing Unit (TPU) and created the Language Processing Unit (LPU). Joined Nvidia as Chief Software Architect as part of a 2025 licensing partnership.

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Groq Founder and CEOSecondary-verified
Groq Founder & CEOSecondary-verified

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Google TPU Hardware EngineerSecondary-verified

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Groq
https://groq.com/blog/jonathan-ross-every-word-matters
https://medium.com/enterpreneurship/jonatahn-ross-the-high-school-dropout-who-built-lpu-chips-at-groq-that-made-nvidia-pay-20-billion-26212029b300

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