Groq announced that it has closed a $650 million growth capital round intended to expand its AI inference cloud infrastructure. The round was led by Disruptive and Infinitum, with participation from existing investors who elected to reinvest.
The company operates 13 data centers spanning North America, Europe, the Middle East and the Asia-Pacific region. Groq reported that its platform supports more than five million developers as well as thousands of AI-native companies, processing trillions of tokens each week.
The newly raised funds are earmarked to deploy Groq’s latest inference technology across its current data center network, and specifically to incorporate NVIDIA’s new LPX system into that deployment. Management said the capital will also support growth plans that target a scale of 200 megawatts of capacity by the end of 2027.
Groq formalized a non-exclusive licensing agreement with NVIDIA in December 2025. At this year’s GTC conference, NVIDIA unveiled its next-generation LPX platform, which integrates Groq’s inference technology, consistent with the licensing arrangement.
Leadership and operating structure
The company has put in place a leadership structure organized around AI inference operations. Alex Davis of Disruptive will serve as chairman. Adam Winter remains as Chief Executive Officer and Matt Eng continues as Chief Financial Officer.
Alan Rice has been appointed Chief Operating Officer. Rice joins Groq from roles at xAI, now SpaceXAI, and Meta Datacenters, and previously served in U.S. Navy nuclear submarine operations.
Two additional senior appointments are scheduled for July. Sinclair Schuller will take on the role of Chief Technology Officer and Rakesh Malhotra will serve as Chief Product Officer. Schuller is the founder of Apprenda, which was later sold to Atos, and co-founded Nuvalence with Malhotra. EY acquired Nuvalence in 2024. Malhotra spent about ten years at Microsoft working on cloud, data-center-management and enterprise-storage products.
Market positioning and investor commentary
Alex Davis commented on the company’s development and strategy, saying, "Groq has spent years building the technology, infrastructure, and operational expertise required for the next phase of AI. Today, the company has a proven global platform, a world-class leadership team, and a clear strategy focused on one of the most important opportunities in technology: AI inference at scale."
John Yetimoglu, a Groq board member and Founder and Chief Investment Officer of Infinitum, added: "We believe inference will become the largest infrastructure market in technology. As AI moves from experimentation to production, demand for reliable, cost-efficient inference will continue to grow exponentially."
The company’s announcement outlines a multi-faceted plan that combines capital infusion, third-party technology integration and a reworked executive team to support the stated goal of expanding its inference cloud footprint and capacity. The funding, licensing details and leadership changes are the core elements Groq has made public about its next phase of operations.