Nvidia to buy assets from Groq for $20B cash

Post by mupuff1234 » Thu, Dec 25, 2025, 8:40 AM UTC

gchadwick wrote: post #72

nickysielicki wrote: post #34

Groq press release: https://groq.com/newsroom/groq-and-nvidia-enter-non-exclusiv... > Today, Groq announced that it has entered into a non-exclusive licensing agreement with Nvidia for Groq’s inference technology. The agreement reflects a shared focus on expanding access to high-performance, low cost inference. > As part of this agreement, Jonathan Ross, Groq’s Founder, Sunny Madra, Groq’s President, and other member…

Another example of the growing trend of buying out key parts of a company to avoid any actual acquisition? I wonder if equity holding employees get anything from the deal or indeed if all the investors will be seeing a return from this?

Post by fyrn_ » Thu, Dec 25, 2025, 8:47 AM UTC

Post by tibbar » Thu, Dec 25, 2025, 8:54 AM UTC

squigz wrote: post #278

deaux wrote: post #273

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Looks like a normal comment to me, what makes you think otherwise? It has pretty much no hallmarks of being generated, and plenty that point towards the opposite.

Starting the comment pointing out the name of the user you're replying to, and quoting the exact comment you're replying to, does sound really strange.

Post by blitzar » Thu, Dec 25, 2025, 8:56 AM UTC

reissbaker wrote: post #79

altpaddle wrote: post #66

I do not understand this move by Nvidia, they are afraid of being out competed by this startup in their core competence of building chips for AI? They may be eliminating a competitor for now but this move will immediately many more AI chip startups to get founded

They're not eliminating a competitor, they're (effectively) acquiring a competitor. Nvidia's GPUs are great for training, and not bad for inference, but the custom chips are better for inference and Nvidia's worried about losing customers. Nvidia will no doubt sell custom Groq-like chips for inference now.

Post by matwood » Thu, Dec 25, 2025, 9:04 AM UTC

Daviey wrote: post #119

I got curious about how many wheelbarrows of cash $20bn actually is. Two ways to think about it: weight vs volume. By weight (assuming all $100 bills): $20,000,000,000 / $100 = 200,000,000 bills Each bill is roughly 1g, so total mass is ~200,000 kg A typical builder’s wheelbarrow can take about 100 kg before it becomes unmanageable 200,000 kg total / 100 kg per wheelbarrow ≈ 2,000 wheelbarrows (weight limit) By volum…