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AI chip startup Groq lands $640M to challenge Nvidia

31 points by JohnoMK1992 2y ago

htrp 2y ago
>Meta chief AI scientist Yann LeCun will serve as a technical advisor to Groq and Stuart Pann, the former head of Intel’s foundry business and ex-CIO at HP, will join the startup as chief operating officer, Groq also announced today. LeCun’s appointment is a bit unexpected, given Meta’s investments in its own AI chips — but it undoubtedly gives Groq a powerful ally in a cutthroat space. How is facebook ok with this?
- thenipper 2y ago
  I'd guess that this means they'll get access to Groq's chips.
- Etheryte 2y ago
  Meta has repeatedly shown that they want to commoditize AI, their recent releases of large models cement this. Anything that they can do to undermine the dominant position of Nvidia, OpenAI (and hence Microsoft), Apple et al and make them a replaceable cog furthers Meta's own goals. Having companies challenge Nvidia on the hardware front lines up with this plan nicely.
- user90131313 2y ago
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- trenchgun 2y ago
  Meta creates top models, Groq has the hardware to run them. Whats not to like?
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loceng 2y ago
Groq and xAI's Grok? "No, not that Gro[q/k]"
- jsheard 2y ago
  Groq came first, and wasn't too happy about Groks name, but they haven't been able to do anything about it.
pryelluw 2y ago
No pricing page. Can anyone shed some light into their pricing?
- sronors 2y ago
  Gated by login: https://console.groq.com/settings/billing https://console.groq.com/settings/billing
- jacooper 2y ago
  You can find it on https://wow.groq.com https://wow.groq.com Not a great user experience.
  - selimthegrim 2y ago
    They definitely had some turnover on the software side with people going to Anthropic and Rain.
ChrisArchitect 2y ago
Official post: https://wow.groq.com/news_press/groq-raises-640m-to-meet-soaring-demand-for-fast-ai-inference/ https://wow.groq.com/news_press/groq-raises-640m-to-meet-soa... (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41162875 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41162875)

31 points by JohnoMK1992 2y ago

htrp 2y ago

>Meta chief AI scientist Yann LeCun will serve as a technical advisor to Groq and Stuart Pann, the former head of Intel’s foundry business and ex-CIO at HP, will join the startup as chief operating officer, Groq also announced today. LeCun’s appointment is a bit unexpected, given Meta’s investments in its own AI chips — but it undoubtedly gives Groq a powerful ally in a cutthroat space. How is facebook ok with this?

thenipper 2y ago
I'd guess that this means they'll get access to Groq's chips.
Etheryte 2y ago
Meta has repeatedly shown that they want to commoditize AI, their recent releases of large models cement this. Anything that they can do to undermine the dominant position of Nvidia, OpenAI (and hence Microsoft), Apple et al and make them a replaceable cog furthers Meta's own goals. Having companies challenge Nvidia on the hardware front lines up with this plan nicely.
user90131313 2y ago
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trenchgun 2y ago
Meta creates top models, Groq has the hardware to run them. Whats not to like?

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loceng 2y ago

Groq and xAI's Grok? "No, not that Gro[q/k]"

jsheard 2y ago
Groq came first, and wasn't too happy about Groks name, but they haven't been able to do anything about it.

pryelluw 2y ago

No pricing page. Can anyone shed some light into their pricing?

sronors 2y ago
Gated by login: https://console.groq.com/settings/billing https://console.groq.com/settings/billing
jacooper 2y ago
You can find it on https://wow.groq.com https://wow.groq.com Not a great user experience.
- selimthegrim 2y ago
  They definitely had some turnover on the software side with people going to Anthropic and Rain.

ChrisArchitect 2y ago

Official post: https://wow.groq.com/news_press/groq-raises-640m-to-meet-soaring-demand-for-fast-ai-inference/ https://wow.groq.com/news_press/groq-raises-640m-to-meet-soa... (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41162875 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41162875)