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Groq

HQ Mountain View, USFounded 2016late stageWebsite @GroqInc
Composite score
38.1
rank #41 · risers

#41 Riser. 311 people.

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Headcount
311
-0.3%
90d change
-2.5%
Funding events (90d)
0
3 all-time tracked
Layoff events (90d)
0

headcount + trends: LinkedIn-tracked weekly series · funding & layoff counts: through Jul 2026 (frozen) + live news extraction

Signals

source: PDL v25
Inferred revenue
$25M-$50M
PDL estimate
Revenue / employee
$121k
midpoint ÷ headcount
12-month turnover
87.0%
high — churn risk
Average tenure
2.0 yrs
—
Time since last raise
11 mo
recent raise

Hiring flow · Groq

source: PDL v25

Headcount by role

12-month growth · PDL v25
Engineering
70
-72%
Operations
23
-45%
Finance
15
+7%
Fulfillment
9
-25%
Human Resources
8
-11%
Sales
7
-50%
Advisory
7
-36%
Legal
5
-29%
Other
17
—

In the news

relevance ≥ 6 · last 180 days
  1. TechCrunchHeadline8d ago
    Groq raises $350M to fuel its pivot from AI chips to neocloud

    Article is entirely about Groq's $350M funding round and strategic pivot from AI chipmaker to neocloud provider.

  2. TechCrunch2mo ago
    SoftBank’s CEO isn’t the only one with questions about Elon Musk’s orbital data center hype

    Discussed as a compute-constrained player and neo-cloud provider; substantive but secondary to the SoftBank/SpaceX debate.

  3. TechCrunch2mo ago
    OpenAI’s Jalapeño chip is Big Tech’s spiciest move away from Nvidia

    Mentioned in podcast topic list regarding $650M fundraise and talent competition with Nvidia; secondary subject.

  4. TechCrunchHeadline2mo ago
    AI chipmaker Groq confirms $650M raise, re-staffs after Nvidia’s $20B not-acqui-hire deal

    Article is primarily about Groq's $650M funding raise and re-staffing after losing execs to Nvidia.

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Events

Layoff · 10.32% (36 roles)
Departures in 2026-02: 47 vs 6-mo baseline of 10.5 (4.48× spike). Derived from PDL.
7mo ago
Layoff · 34.14% (184 roles)
Departures in 2026-01: 190 vs 6-mo baseline of 6.5 (29.23× spike). Derived from PDL.
8mo ago
Layoff · 8.72% (52 roles)
Departures in 2025-12: 59 vs 6-mo baseline of 6.5 (9.08× spike). Derived from PDL.
9mo ago
Funding · series e · $750M
11mo ago
Funding · series d · $640M
2y ago
Funding · series d · $300M
2y ago

Score history

2026-08-24
38.1
rank #41
2026-08-17
36.0
rank #41
2026-08-10
26.7
rank #41
2026-08-03
13.0
rank #41
2026-07-27
8.5
rank #43
2026-07-20
12.1
rank #45
2026-07-13
8.7
rank #45
2026-07-06
2.5
rank #49
2026-06-29
15.5
rank #48
2026-06-22
15.5
rank #48
2026-06-15
0.0
rank #50
2026-06-08
17.5
rank #49