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Jonathan Ross
Founder and former CEO of Groq, maker of the LPU inference chip and the GroqCloud platform
Jonathan Ross founded Groq, whose custom-built LPU chip and cloud run AI models for inference, and was quoted as Groq's CEO and Founder in company announcements such as the April 2025 release on Groq serving fast inference for Meta's official Llama API. A November 2024 Groq blog post on the future stages of generative AI is adapted from an original post by Ross. In December 2025 Groq announced a non-exclusive inference technology licensing agreement with NVIDIA, under which Ross and other members of the Groq team would join NVIDIA, while Simon Edwards stepped into the role of Groq's CEO.123
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Career
Jonathan Ross founded Groq and appeared as Groq CEO in company announcements from the February 2024 release on the LPU Inference Engine's first independent benchmark to the July 2025 opening of a European data center in Helsinki with Equinix.45
In December 2025 Groq announced a non-exclusive licensing agreement with NVIDIA for its inference technology. Under the agreement Ross, Groq President Sunny Madra and other team members would join NVIDIA to help scale the licensed technology, while Groq continued as an independent company with Simon Edwards as Chief Executive Officer.3
Products and projects
Under Ross, Groq built the LPU Inference Engine, a language processing accelerator designed for low-latency, energy-efficient and repeatable inference, and offered it through the GroqCloud platform. In April 2025 Groq partnered with Meta to serve fast inference for the official Llama API.41
Work and contributions
Groq LPU and GroqCloud Proprietary product
Founded Groq and led it as CEO; Groq's announcements describe its custom-built LPU and cloud for running models, and its December 2025 release licenses that inference technology to NVIDIA on a non-exclusive basis.13
Timeline
- As Groq CEO, announced the LPU Inference Engine's results in its first independent LLM benchmark.4
- Groq published "The Five Future Stages of Generative AI", adapted from a post by Ross.2
- Groq and Meta announced fast inference for the official Llama API.1
- Groq, led by Ross, launched a European data center in Helsinki with Equinix.5
- Groq announced an inference licensing agreement with NVIDIA under which Ross would join NVIDIA.3
Documented roles
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References
5 sources · profile reviewed Oct 21, 2026 · data updated Oct 21, 2026
- Meta and Groq Collaborate to Deliver Fast Inference for the Official Llama API (Groq newsroom)
- The Five Future Stages of Generative AI (Groq blog)
- Groq and Nvidia Enter Non-Exclusive Inference Technology Licensing Agreement (Groq newsroom)
- Groq LPU Inference Engine Leads in First Independent LLM Benchmark (Groq newsroom)
- Groq Launches European Data Center Footprint in Helsinki, Finland (Groq newsroom)