Groq raises $750 million led by Disruptive
18 Sep 2025, 11:35 AMThe funding round also saw "significant investment" from Blackrock, Neuberger Berman, Deutsche Telekom Capital Partners and a large US-based West Coast mutual fund manager.
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AI chip startup Groq said it has raised $750 million in a fresh funding round led by Disruptive at a post-money valuation of $6.9 billion.
Disruptive, which has invested in companies such as Airbnb and Spotify, invested $350 million alone on Groq, said Groq in a statement.
"As AI expands, the infrastructure behind it will be as essential as the models themselves," said Alex Davis, Founder, Chairman, and CEO of Disruptive.
The funding round also saw "significant investment" from Blackrock, Neuberger Berman, Deutsche Telekom Capital Partners and a large US-based West Coast mutual fund manager.
Groq powers more than two million developers and large companies with fast, affordable compute.
Prior to this funding round, Groq had raised $640 million in August last year led by Blackrock. The investment also saw participation from Neuberger Berman, Type One Ventures, Cisco, KDDI and Samsung Catalyst Fund.
Groq, which was founded in 2016 by a group of former Google engineers, including Jonathan Ross and Douglas Wightman, competes with bigger rival Nvidia as well as Amazon, Google and Microsoft.
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