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Groq

HQ Mountain View, USFounded 2016late stageWebsite @GroqInc
Composite score
25.3
rank #31 · risers

#31 Riser. 313 people and hiring.

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Headcount
313
+1.0%
90d change
+0.3%
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
$120k
midpoint ÷ headcount
12-month turnover
87.0%
high — churn risk
Average tenure
2.0 yrs
—
Time since last raise
1y 1mo
last round

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
No recent mentions across our tracked sources.
Machine-readablesignals RSSJSON APIAPI & MCP docs

Events

Layoff · 10.32% (36 roles)
Departures in 2026-02: 47 vs 6-mo baseline of 10.5 (4.48× spike). Derived from PDL.
9mo ago
Layoff · 34.14% (184 roles)
Departures in 2026-01: 190 vs 6-mo baseline of 6.5 (29.23× spike). Derived from PDL.
10mo ago
Layoff · 8.72% (52 roles)
Departures in 2025-12: 59 vs 6-mo baseline of 6.5 (9.08× spike). Derived from PDL.
11mo ago
Funding · series e · $750M
1y ago
Funding · series d · $640M
2y ago
Funding · series d · $300M
2y ago

Score history

2026-10-19
25.3
rank #31
2026-10-12
24.5
rank #33
2026-10-05
27.8
rank #33
2026-09-28
32.4
rank #30
2026-09-21
30.7
rank #36
2026-09-14
35.0
rank #41
2026-09-07
36.4
rank #40
2026-08-31
34.0
rank #46
2026-08-24
34.1
rank #43
2026-08-17
36.0
rank #41
2026-08-10
26.7
rank #41
2026-08-03
13.0
rank #41