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AI chip startup Groq is in talks to raise a fresh $600 million at a near $6 billion valuation<\/a>, sources tell Bloomberg, although the deal isn\u2019t yet final and terms could change.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Groq raised $640 million at a $2.8 billion valuation<\/a> in August 2024, making this double the valuation in about a year. Groq previously raised about $1 billion.<\/p>\n

The new round is led by Austin-based firm Disruptive, Bloomberg reports. The November round was led by BlackRock, with participation from Neuberger Berman, Type One Ventures, Cisco, KDDI, and Samsung Catalyst Fund.<\/p>\n

Groq was founded by Jonathan Ross, who previously worked at Google developing its Tensor Processing Unit chip. The startup emerged from stealth in 2016<\/a>.<\/p>\n

This new raise comes after Groq announced in May<\/a> an exclusive partnership with Bell Canada to power the telco\u2019s large AI infrastructure project. In April, Groq partnered with Meta <\/a>to offer AI infrastructure to speed Llama 4 inference. Neither Disruptive nor Groq immediately returned our request for comment.<\/p>\n

Correction: This story originally incorrectly reported the date of the last raise. <\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n


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