--- title: "NVIDIA splurges $20 billion to acquire core assets of AI chip startup Groq, marking the largest deal in the company's history" type: "News" locale: "zh-HK" url: "https://longbridge.com/zh-HK/news/270754049.md" description: "NVIDIA has agreed to acquire the related assets of high-performance artificial intelligence accelerator chip startup Groq for $20 billion in cash, marking NVIDIA's largest deal in history. Groq's founder and CEO, along with several core executives, will join NVIDIA, and Groq will continue to operate as an independent entity. The deal does not include Groq's cloud computing business GroqCloud" datetime: "2025-12-24T22:37:02.000Z" locales: - [zh-CN](https://longbridge.com/zh-CN/news/270754049.md) - [en](https://longbridge.com/en/news/270754049.md) - [zh-HK](https://longbridge.com/zh-HK/news/270754049.md) --- > 支持的語言: [简体中文](https://longbridge.com/zh-CN/news/270754049.md) | [English](https://longbridge.com/en/news/270754049.md) # NVIDIA splurges $20 billion to acquire core assets of AI chip startup Groq, marking the largest deal in the company's history According to Zhitong Finance APP, chip giant NVIDIA (NVDA.US) has agreed to acquire the related assets of high-performance artificial intelligence accelerator chip startup Groq for $20 billion in cash, marking NVIDIA's largest deal ever. Alex Davis, CEO of Disruptive (which led Groq's recent funding round in September), disclosed that over $500 million has been invested in Groq since its establishment in 2016. Davis stated that the pace of this deal has been very fast. Just three months ago, Groq completed a $750 million funding round, with a valuation of approximately $6.9 billion, and investors included BlackRock, Neuberger Berman, as well as Samsung, Cisco (CSCO.US), Altimeter, and 1789 Capital. Groq confirmed on its blog on Wednesday that the company has reached a non-exclusive licensing agreement with NVIDIA to license its AI inference technology. Groq founder and CEO Jonathan Ross, President Sunny Madra, and several core executives will join NVIDIA to assist in advancing and scaling the related technology. Meanwhile, Groq emphasized that the company will continue to operate as an "independent entity," with former CFO Simon Edwards serving as CEO. NVIDIA has kept details of the transaction low-key. The company's CFO Colette Kress declined to comment. Davis stated that NVIDIA will acquire nearly all of Groq's assets, but Groq's cloud computing business GroqCloud is not included in the transaction and will continue to operate uninterrupted. This deal far exceeds NVIDIA's previous acquisition records. Its largest acquisition prior to this occurred in 2019 when it acquired Israeli chip design company Mellanox for approximately $7 billion. As of the end of October this year, NVIDIA's cash and short-term investments reached $60.6 billion, a significant increase from $13.3 billion at the beginning of 2023, providing ample "ammunition" for its large-scale investments. In an internal email, NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang stated that this agreement will significantly expand the company's technological capabilities. "We plan to integrate Groq's low-latency processors into NVIDIA's AI factory architecture, enabling the platform to cover a broader range of AI inference and real-time workloads." He also emphasized that NVIDIA is not acquiring Groq as a whole, but rather bringing in talent and licensing its core intellectual property. Similar talent and technology licensing deals are not new. In September of this year, NVIDIA spent over $900 million to bring in AI hardware startup Enfabrica's CEO Rochan Sankar and his team through licensing and "poaching." In recent years, tech giants like Meta (META.US), Google (GOOGL.US, GOOG.US), and Microsoft (MSFT.US) have also frequently engaged in similar structural deals to compete for top AI talent. With cash reserves surging, NVIDIA is continuously ramping up its investment in the entire AI ecosystem. The company has invested in AI and energy infrastructure firm Crusoe, model developer Cohere, and has further increased its stake after cloud service provider CoreWeave (CRWV.US) went public In September of this year, NVIDIA also stated that it plans to invest up to $100 billion in OpenAI, with OpenAI committing to deploy at least 10 gigawatts of NVIDIA products, but the two parties have not officially announced the agreement; in the same month, NVIDIA also announced it would invest $5 billion in Intel to deepen their cooperative relationship. On the Groq side, against the backdrop of a surge in demand for AI inference acceleration chips this year, the goal is to achieve $500 million in revenue. Davis emphasized that Groq had not sought to sell assets before NVIDIA proactively reached out. The company was founded in 2016 by a group of former engineers, and founder Ross was involved in designing Google's TPU (Tensor Processing Unit), which is currently viewed by some companies as a custom chip alternative to NVIDIA's GPUs. In the AI boom, Groq is not the only chip startup attracting attention. Another AI chip company, Cerebras Systems, originally planned to go public this year but withdrew its IPO application in October and instead completed over $1 billion in financing. 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