Groq Recognized in 2025 Gartner® Cool Vendor in AI Infrastructure report
The next era of AI is here, one defined by fast, intelligent inference that scales as far as the world needs.
Groq has been recognized as a 2025 Gartner Cool Vendor in AI Infrastructure. We believe this demonstrates the unique advantages LPUs deliver for real-time AI systems compared to traditional GPU architectures. The Gartner Cool Vendors report notes innovative infrastructure vendors that enable heads of infrastructure & operations to deploy AI more rapidly, optimize costs, and mitigate risks, resulting in more effective and future-ready AI initiatives.
More than 2.5M developers choose Groq for performance that’s up to 5x faster and lower cost than GPU-based alternatives. This capability stems from the Groq LPU, a chip purpose-built for low-latency inference, which we deliver to developers worldwide with GroqCloud. Compared to GPU-based systems which slow down with scale, Groq performance scales linearly by design. Whether you’re building a voice agent or copilot, modernizing call center interactions or accelerating AI coding, Groq holds steady as you dial up to production. Developers building on other AI platforms can easily switch to Groq for fast AI inference at lower cost using just a few lines of code.
Gartner Analyst, Chirag Dekate, emphasizes Groq’s deterministic execution model, in contrast to GPU-based inference. Part of what makes Groq unique is that “what you see is what you get,” even at scale. This is a contrast to variable performance of alternatives. With Groq, the performance you see the first time you test in GroqCloud Console is what you get at production scale. No unpredictable slowdowns that come with batching. This predictability is critical for production agents, high-volume workloads, and mission-critical systems where one second defines the difference between success and failure.
Who Should Care?
AI-Native Startups
Founders, CTOs, Product & Engineering Leads
If you’re building a real-time product with a cost profile that must scale predictably with demand, the speed of and economics of GroqCloud will give you a new competitive advantage. Builders who choose Groq get deterministic low-latency and an expanded margin profile that stays predictable as usage scales.
Enterprise AI & Infrastructure Teams
CTOs, Heads of Product/AI, I&O Leaders, Cloud Architects
If you're building customer-facing experiences or operational systems where milliseconds matter and where budgets must be forecastable, variable performance and economics risk production performance. GroqCloud gives platform teams speed that scales at a cost that doesn’t hold them back under high-volume, mission-critical workloads.
Another Milestone for Groq, A Signal for the Industry
While we’re grateful for this recognition from Gartner, our focus remains unchanged: deliver for the 2.5M developers who count on Groq each day as they build.
Start building or connect with an expert on our team to discuss how Groq inference can supercharge AI for your organization. Gartner subscribers can view the full report.
Gartner, Cool Vendors in AI Infrastructure, Chirag Dekate, Adrian O'Connell, Enrique Castera, Dennis Smith, Naresh Singh, Jonathan Forest,15 September 2025. Gartner, Cool Vendors is a registered trademark of Gartner, Inc. and/or its affiliates and is used herein with permission. All rights reserved.
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