Composite score
36.8
rank #44 · risers
#44 Riser. Headcount down 3% over the last 90 days.
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Headcount
308
-1.3%
90d change
-3.5%
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 v25Inferred revenue
$25M-$50M
PDL estimate
Revenue / employee
$122k
midpoint ÷ headcount
12-month turnover
87.0%
high — churn risk
Average tenure
2.0 yrs
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Time since last raise
1y
last round
Hiring flow · Groq
source: PDL v25Headcount by role
12-month growth · PDL v25Engineering
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
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In the news
relevance ≥ 6 · last 180 days- TechCrunchHeadline20d agoGroq 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.
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
1y ago
Funding · series d · $640M
2y ago
Funding · series d · $300M
2y ago
Score history
2026-08-31
36.8
rank #44
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
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