Groq and IBM established a technology and go-to-market partnership. Through this partnership, clients may quickly utilize Groq’s GroqCloud inference technology with Watsonx Orchestrate, offering quick and inexpensive AI inference and hastening the deployment of agent-based AI.
The two businesses intend to combine Groq’s LPU architecture with Red Hat’s open source vLLM technology as part of their alliance.
For IBM clients, GroqCloud will also support the IBM Granite model. Even while many businesses are transitioning AI agents from pilot programs to production settings, there are still issues with speed, cost, and dependability, especially in mission-critical sectors like manufacturing, healthcare, finance, government, and retail.
This partnership gives companies the infrastructure they need to succeed by combining IBM’s agent-based AI orchestration with Groq’s inference speed, affordability, and access to the newest open source models. GroqCloud provides inference that is more than five times faster and more economical than conventional GPU systems thanks to its special LPU.
This ensures dependable performance and constantly low latency even as workloads grow globally. For agent-based AI in regulated industries, this is a particularly potent capacity. For instance, thousands of intricate patient inquiries are received concurrently by IBM’s healthcare clients.
IBM’s AI agents can evaluate data in real time and give prompt, accurate responses thanks to Groq’s inference technology, which enhances customer satisfaction and facilitates quicker, more intelligent decision-making. Non-regulated sectors are also using Groq’s inference technology.
IBM’s retail and consumer goods clients are already using it as an HR agent to increase employee productivity and better automate HR procedures.
“Large enterprises have many options when experimenting with AI inferencing, but when moving to production, they need to confidently deploy complex workflows and ensure a high-quality experience,”
said Rob Thomas, Senior Vice President and Chief Commercial Officer, IBM Software.
“Our partnership with Groq underscores IBM’s commitment to providing clients with cutting-edge technology for AI adoption and business value creation.”