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Groq is a cloud provider for AI inference, addressing the bottleneck that inference creates as demand for AI workloads grows. The platform is organized into three layers: GroqMetal, dedicated bare-metal infrastructure; GroqCore, an inference stack that turns that capacity into production-ready performance; and GroqAssured, enterprise governance, auditability, and control. The company states it pioneered the LPU processor, and that its LPX systems work alongside NVIDIA's next-generation GPUs.

GroqMetal provides dedicated bare-metal infrastructure with full control, while GroqCore delivers a tested inference stack requiring no infrastructure expertise. GroqAssured adds enterprise-grade governance, auditability, and control on top. The platform operates across 13 data centers on four continents, and NVIDIA Groq 3 LPX racks connect 256 LPU accelerators to NVIDIA's Vera Rubin for low-latency, large-context inference in production AI.

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