# Jonathan Ross: founder, Groq

Canonical ID: `5eb407c9-8b98-45f9-acb9-b8296c26fab5`

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.

- **Nationality:** American
- **Verification posture:** verified

## Current roles (2)

- [Groq](https://registry.deploy.report/companies/groq.md) Founder and CEO (secondary-verified)
- [Groq](https://registry.deploy.report/companies/groq.md) Founder & CEO (secondary-verified)

## Former / Previously (1)

- [Google](https://registry.deploy.report/companies/google.md) TPU Hardware Engineer (secondary-verified)

## Sources (3)

1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Groq
2. https://groq.com/blog/jonathan-ross-every-word-matters
3. 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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