Building a listed tool
Alex Davis
Named behind 2 listings on Anchor Terminal.
What Alex builds
GroqCloud BB · Model APIs & inference
OpenAI-compatible inference API serving open-weight models on Groq's processors.
Executive Chairman, Groq, researched 28 October 2026 · the people behind it
Groq Speech-to-Text BB · Speech-to-text
Groq's hosted speech-to-text API. It runs OpenAI's Whisper Large v3 and Whisper Large v3 Turbo on OpenAI-compatible transcription and translation endpoints, for uploaded files or audio URLs, with a half-price batch mode.
Executive Chairman, Groq, researched 28 October 2026 · the people behind it
Works with
- Adam Winter Chief Executive Officer, Groq
- Douglas Wightman Co-founder and first CEO, Groq
- Gavin Hogan Head of Platform Engineering
- Jonathan Ross Founder and former CEO, Groq
- Rakesh Malhotra Chief Product Officer, Groq
- Sinclair Schuller Chief Technology Officer, Groq
Backed by
Disruptive Infinitum NVIDIA BlackRock Neuberger Berman Deutsche Telekom Samsung Cisco Investments Global Brain Type One Ventures D1 Capital Partners Altimeter Capital 1789 Capital Tiger Global The Spruce House Partnership Addition GCM Grosvenor Capital X Firebolt Ventures General Global Capital Tru Arrow Partners TDK XTX Markets Boardman Bay Capital Management
Questions
Who is Alex Davis?
Alex Davis chairs Groq and is founder and chief executive of Disruptive, the investment firm that led Groq's rounds of September 2025 and August 2026 and co-led its June 2026 raise.
What does Groq make?
Anchor Terminal lists GroqCloud and Groq Speech-to-Text from Groq. OpenAI-compatible inference API serving open-weight models on Groq's processors.
Who has invested in Groq?
The sources our research read name Disruptive, Infinitum, NVIDIA, BlackRock, Neuberger Berman, Deutsche Telekom, Samsung, Cisco Investments, Global Brain, Type One Ventures, D1 Capital Partners, Altimeter Capital, 1789 Capital, Tiger Global, The Spruce House Partnership, Addition, GCM Grosvenor, Capital X, Firebolt Ventures, General Global Capital, Tru Arrow Partners, TDK, XTX Markets and Boardman Bay Capital Management.
How are Alex's tools graded?
GroqCloud is graded BB, 74.5 out of 100; Groq Speech-to-Text is graded BB, 71.8 out of 100, on Anchor Terminal's benchmark, which scores every listing against the same checklist.
Sources (8)
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/gavinhogan/
- https://groq.com/
- https://console.groq.com/docs/billing-faqs
- https://console.groq.com/docs
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Groq
- https://groq.com/newsroom/groq-closes-usd350-million-series-a-building-the-world-s-leading-ai-inference-cloud
- https://console.groq.com/docs/speech-to-text
- https://groq.com/newsroom/groq-and-nvidia-enter-non-exclusive-inference-technology-licensing-agreement-to-accelerate-ai-inference-at-global-scale
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