Groq, Inc.
LPU (Language Processing Unit) — a specialized AI inference processor
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- Sector
- Semiconductors
- Headquarters
- Menlo Park, CA
- Founded
- 2016
- Latest Form D
- $52.3M, Sep 2018
- Total capital
- $62.3M
- Federal grants
- None on recordNo awards found in SBIR/STTR, NIH, NSF or DoD records.
- Private capital raised
- $62.3M
- 2 Form D · last Sep 2018
- 98 months since last filing
- Federal contracts
- None on recordNo federal contract awards found.
- Granted patents
- 14
- 26 pending · first 2025
- Rank in peer group#16 of 224
Capital timeline
Latest events
- Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 2nd filing$52.3M
- Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 1st filing$10M
Node area is scaled to amount. Form D reports securities sold, which can differ from an announced round; filings are numbered in the order they were made.
Standing among 224 peers
Line = medianSemiconductors · Device
- Granted patents#16 · top 7%
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Founders and team
From SEC Form D filings- Chamath PalihapitiyaDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Douglas WightmanExecutive Officer, DirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Jonathan RossExecutive Officer, DirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
What it has protected
USPTO · 14 granted of 40- New patentDeterministic Streaming Processor Architecture Having Functional UnitsUSPTOUS 12,769,654
- New patentTiled Switch Matrix Data Permutation CircuitUSPTOUS 12,754,716
- New patentModel Substitution For Efficient Development Of A SolutionUSPTOUS 12,755,732
Show all 40 patent records
- Deterministic Streaming Processor Architecture Having Functional UnitsOct 20, 2026 · US 12,769,654Granted
- Tiled Switch Matrix Data Permutation CircuitOct 6, 2026 · US 12,754,716Granted
- Model Substitution For Efficient Development Of A SolutionOct 6, 2026 · US 12,755,732Granted
- Batch Folding For Parallelized Multiuser ComputationsSep 17, 2026 · Application 19565110Pending
- Tile Structures for Multiple Die Tensor Streaming ProcessorsSep 17, 2026 · Application 19674997Pending
- Speculative Decoding Systems and Methods Having Improved ThroughputSep 3, 2026 · Application 19465601Pending
- Graph Partitioning And Implementation Of Large Models On Tensor Streaming ProcessorsJul 21, 2026 · US 12,688,075Granted
- Energy ProvisioningJul 9, 2026 · Application 19557565Pending
- Permission Control Via Data Redundancy In Deterministic Streaming SystemJul 9, 2026 · Application 19557597Pending
- Error Correction in ComputationJul 7, 2026 · US 12,675,549Granted
- Resolving Dynamic Key-value Cache Perceived Non-determinismJul 2, 2026 · Application 19433474Pending
- Tile Structures for Multiple Die Tensor Streaming ProcessorsJun 16, 2026 · US 12,660,683Granted
- Error Mitigation And Handling In Interconnected Processing UnitsApr 16, 2026 · Application 19358336Pending
- Propagated SynchronizationApr 9, 2026 · Application 19354250Pending
- Combinatorial Optimization On Tensor ProcessorsMar 5, 2026 · Application 19313166Pending
- Machine-learned Speculative Decoding EnginesMar 5, 2026 · Application 19313459Pending
- Deterministic Memory For Tensor Streaming ProcessorsFeb 24, 2026 · US 12,561,279Granted
- Tensor Processor Visualization And Analysis ToolFeb 12, 2026 · Application 19364548Pending
- Data Transformation Algorithms For Tensor Streaming ProcessorFeb 10, 2026 · US 12,547,459Granted
- Clock Period SynthesisFeb 5, 2026 · Application 19356733Pending
- Communication Scheduling Based On Crosstalk DataJan 22, 2026 · Application 19276560Pending
- Idle Channel Marking For Partitioned Processor CommunicationJan 8, 2026 · Application 19257892Pending
- Deterministic Streaming Processor Architecture Having Functional UnitsDec 4, 2025 · Application 19301427Pending
- Power Optimization In An Artificial Intelligence ProcessorNov 20, 2025 · Application 19279522Pending
- Tensor Processor Visualization And Analysis ToolNov 18, 2025 · US 12,475,363Granted
- Method To Manage Periodic Dram Refresh And Maintenance Scheduling For Predictable Dram Data AccessNov 6, 2025 · Application 19264468Pending
- Generation Of Clock Waveforms Based On Decoded Instructions For More Efficient Power Management In High-speed ProcessorsOct 14, 2025 · US 12,443,216Granted
- Scale Computing In Deterministic Cloud EnvironmentsSep 18, 2025 · Application 19221967Pending
- Memory Design For A ProcessorSep 9, 2025 · US 12,411,762Granted
- Energy ProvisioningAug 7, 2025 · Application 19191840Pending
- Power Optimization In An Artificial Intelligence ProcessorJul 29, 2025 · US 12,373,018Granted
- Method To Manage Periodic Dram Refresh And Maintenance Scheduling For Predictable Dram Data AccessJul 29, 2025 · US 12,373,107Granted
- Power Management In Deterministic Tensor Streaming ProcessorsJul 24, 2025 · Application 19071257Pending
- Software-defined Tensor Streaming Multiprocessor For Large-scale Machine LearningJul 3, 2025 · Application 19083013Pending
- Deterministic Near-compute Memory For Deterministic Processor And Enhanced Data Movement Between Memory Units And Processing UnitsJun 26, 2025 · Application 19058802Pending
- Streaming Processor ArchitectureJun 24, 2025 · US 12,340,300Granted
- Die-to-die Dense Packaging Of Deterministic Streaming ProcessorsMay 29, 2025 · Application 18840368Pending
- Processor Compiler For Scheduling Instructions To Reduce Execution Delay Due To DependenciesMay 8, 2025 · Application 19015420Pending
- Compiler Operations For Tensor Streaming ProcessorMay 8, 2025 · Application 19015411Pending
- Permission Control Via Data Redundancy In Deterministic Streaming SystemMay 8, 2025 · Application 19015397Pending
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Sources
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