How I see Groq in the AI value chain
The way I see it, there are two likely futures in AI:
Training race plateaus and frontier gains get brutally expensive.
Models keep improving, but most real-world use cases hit “good enough.”
In both cases, the value shifts to cheap, fast, reliable inference – getting answers out of models into products fast and at scale..
You’re perfectly position for either scenario.
We made apps smarter, but slower
Historically, software engineering has obsessed over shaving milliseconds off latency so products feel instant and snappy. Then we glued LLMs into everything and just accepted 3–10 second waits as normal.
That’s the gap Groq fills: making AI feel like software again – fast, predictable, and affordable.
Why I personally want to be part of this
I care because I expect Groq will be an incredibly important company going forward. You’re aligned with where the value ends up long term. I want to be a part of it.
I want to:
Bet my time on a team that is clearly going to win something important.
Work with people who are much better than me so I can learn fast.
Feel slightly out of my depth walking into the office and come out sharper every week.
Ideally, that’s during my placement year, in a role based in London. But the core point is simple: I want to be in the room while this is being built.
The segment I think Groq can quietly own
Technical students, young founders, and hackathon teams. They are cost-sensitive, latency-sensitive, and tool-loyal.
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What I'd do in a placement
University & Accelerator GTM
Work with accelerators, hackathons, and AI societies to make “building on Groq” a default option.
Hands-on developer activation
Workshops, mini-hackathons, and “build on Groq” days that actually ship things – not just talks.
Simple, opinionated examples
Clear templates and examples that show when Groq is the obvious choice (and how to plug it in quickly).
Tight feedback loop
Bring back blunt, unfiltered feedback from builders into product and GTM to sharpen the story.
I'm willing to wear whatever hat is most useful – GTM, community, dev-ops, project management, product-adjacent, something hybrid – as long as I'm close to the work and the team.
What I’m asking for
Let me do my placement year with Groq.
If it makes sense, point me at this “next generation of builders / mindshare” problem and let me help turn it into a repeatable GTM motion. If not, give me another problem to work on. I mainly want to be in the room, learn fast, and contribute.