JR

Jonathan Ross

AI Leader

CEO & Founder @ Groq

Mountain View, CA

CEO and founder of Groq, creator of the LPU (Language Processing Unit) that delivers up to 18x faster inference than traditional GPUs. Creator of Google's TPU (Tensor Processing Unit). A high school dropout who became one of the most influential figures in AI hardware. Groq's technology was valued at ~$20B in Nvidia's December 2025 licensing deal.

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"Blisteringly fast inference lets teams ask new questions, try new ideas, and build things that were impossible even 12 months ago."

— Groq blog