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Groq

HQ Mountain View, USFounded 2016late stageWebsite @GroqInc
Composite score
24.2
rank #48 · risers

#48 Riser. Headcount down 7% over the last 90 days.

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Headcount
264
0.0%
90d change
-6.7%
Funding events (90d)
0
3 all-time tracked
Layoff events (90d)
0

Signals

source: PDL v25
Inferred revenue
$25M-$50M
PDL estimate
Revenue / employee
$142k
midpoint ÷ headcount
12-month turnover
80.7%
high — churn risk
Average tenure
1.9 yrs
—
Time since last raise
10 mo
recent raise

Hiring flow · Groq

source: PDL v25

Headcount by role

12-month growth · PDL v25
Engineering
75
-69%
Operations
20
-43%
Finance
17
+42%
Human Resources
10
+25%
Advisory
9
0%
Fulfillment
9
-25%
Sales
8
-11%
Legal
5
-29%
Other
18
—

In the news

relevance ≥ 6 · last 180 days
  1. TechCrunch23d 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.

  2. TechCrunch24d 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.

  3. TechCrunchHeadline28d 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.

  4. Decrypt1mo ago
    China's Xiaomi MiMo Is Now 15X Faster Than ChatGPT and Claude

    Groq mentioned as a competitor in AI inference speed, compared directly to Xiaomi's MiMo breakthrough.

Events

Layoff · 8.8% (30 roles)
Departures in 2026-02: 40 vs 6-mo baseline of 10.5 (3.81× spike). Derived from PDL.
6mo ago
Layoff · 34.16% (180 roles)
Departures in 2026-01: 186 vs 6-mo baseline of 6.5 (28.62× spike). Derived from PDL.
7mo ago
Layoff · 8.61% (50 roles)
Departures in 2025-12: 56 vs 6-mo baseline of 6.5 (8.62× spike). Derived from PDL.
8mo ago
Funding · series e · $750M
10mo ago
Funding · series d · $640M
2y ago
Funding · series d · $300M
2y ago

Score history

2026-07-20
24.2
rank #48
2026-07-13
21.5
rank #48
2026-07-06
19.7
rank #49
2026-06-29
12.9
rank #49
2026-06-22
6.3
rank #49
2026-06-15
13.3
rank #49
2026-06-08
22.5
rank #49
2026-06-01
22.5
rank #49
2026-05-25
34.7
rank #49
2026-05-18
27.9
rank #49
2026-05-11
26.5
rank #49
2026-05-04
26.6
rank #49