Oct 20, 2025 | Posted by Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji
AI chip startup Groq has partnered with IBM to provide agentic AI capabilities via GroqCloud on IBM watsonx Orchestrate. Under the terms of the agreement, the partners will also integrate Red Hat’s open source vLLM technology with Groq’s LPU chips, with plans to support IBM Granite models on GroqCloud in the future.
"Many large enterprise organizations have a range of options with AI inferencing when they're experimenting, but when they want to go into production, they must ensure complex workflows can be deployed successfully to ensure high-quality experiences," said Rob Thomas, SVP, software, and CCO at IBM.
Jonathan Ross, CEO and founder, Groq, added: "With Groq's speed and IBM's enterprise expertise, we're making agentic AI real for business. Together, we're enabling organizations to unlock the full potential of AI-driven responses with the performance needed to scale. Beyond speed and resilience, this partnership is about transforming how enterprises work with AI, moving from experimentation to enterprise-wide adoption with confidence, and opening the door to new patterns where AI can act instantly and learn continuously."
