Groq more than doubles valuation to $6.9 billion as investors bet on AI chips


Close up of the GroqNode product by Silicon Valley AI chip startup Groq, in Mountain View, California, U.S., July, 2022. Groq Inc./Mark Heaps/Handout via REUTERS/ File Photo

(Reuters) - Chip startup Groq said on Wednesday it has raised $750 million, more than doubling its valuation to $6.9 billion in just over a year as Wall Street bets big on the hardware that powers artificial intelligence technology.

Groq, founded by a former Alphabet engineer, is among a long list of new chip players looking to capitalize on hundreds of millions of dollars in investments on AI infrastructure.

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