Chipmaker Groq is looking to raise $650 million in internal funding as it pivots from hardware to focus more on AI inference, the process of refining the way AI models respond to prompted requests, per Axios.

This follows a $20 billion licensing deal with Nvidia.

AI inference chip startup Groq is raising $650M to expand GroqCloud capacity and develop next-gen LPU technology, potentially doubling its valuation to $6B.