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People who leave Groq most often go to NVIDIA. The median tenure is 2y 1m

Not Groq's headcount: these are the engineers in the Zelcast network and the profiles run through the Eng Scorer. 29 people on a map of 67,181, No. 872 on it by people. Updated September 30, 2026.

People on the map
29Under 0.1% of everyone on the map
There now
931% of the people here
Moved on
2069% of the people here
Median tenure
2y 1mmiddle half 11m to 2y 7m

Put Groq side by side with another employer.

Came from, went to

Ribbon width is the number of people who made the move. Most arrive from Definitive Intelligence. Most leave for NVIDIA (35% of recorded departures).

Groq25 in · 17 out
16%4Definitive…NVIDIA635%
4 of 25 recorded arrivals shown, 21 more from 21 other companies6 of 17 recorded departures shown, 11 more to 11 other companies

After Groq

  • 53%Joined a big company9
  • 47%Elsewhere

Shares of those who moved on, by their next stop.

How long people stay

27%<1y
19%1-2y
38%2-4y
12%4-7y
4%7y+
2y 1m median tenuremiddle half 11m to 2y 7m

26 stays with both a start and an end on the record.

Who comes and goes, by year

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joined left2026 is a partial year

2017 to 2026: 29 joined, 20 left.

Caliber

Not enough scored profiles here yet (14).

Titles held here

  1. Software Engineer6
  2. Senior Staff Software Engineer3
  3. Software Developer3
  4. Staff Software Engineer3

4 most common titles, by people who held them.

Where they studied

  1. University of Waterloo17.2%
  2. UIUC10.3%

The 2 most listed schools among the 29 people here with a school on file.

5 of the 29 people here with a school on file list University of Waterloo and 3 list UIUC. A person can list more than one, so these overlap.

Public work

Not enough of the record here has been checked.This share needs 30 people whose profile was checked for public accounts, and there are fewer here.

Where they are now

55% of the people who have worked at Groq and list a location live in the San Francisco Bay Area today, against 41% of everyone on the map.

Groq
Everyone on the map
  • 55%SF Bay Area16 · map 41%
  • 24%New York7 · map 18%
  • 21%Somewhere else6

All 29 people who worked at Groq list a location, and every share here is over them.

Where they live now, from the profile as it reads today, not where they sat while working at Groq: a metro here isn't an office there. The lower strip is the same metros across the whole map.

Key facts

  • 29 people on the Zelcast alumni map have worked at Groq: 9 are there now, 20 have moved on.
  • Most leave for NVIDIA: 6 people, 35% of recorded departures.
  • Most arrive from Definitive Intelligence: 4 people.
  • Median tenure at Groq: 2y 1m, middle half 11m to 2y 7m.
  • Of the people with a recorded next move after Groq, fewer than 3 went to a founder title next, fewer than 3 joined a company of 200 or fewer, and 53% joined one of 10,000 or more.
  • Most common title held here: Software Engineer, then Senior Staff Software Engineer.
  • Top school: University of Waterloo, listed by 5 of the 29 people here with one on file (17.2%). Then UIUC (3).
  • 55% of the 29 people here who list a location live in SF Bay Area today, against 41% across the map. Where they live now, not the office they sat in while they worked here.

About this data: built from 352,028 jobs across 67,181 engineers in the Zelcast network and Eng Scorer reads, updated September 30, 2026. A move counts when the next role starts within 24 months of leaving. Companies under 20 people on the map aren't shown, and destinations under 3 people fold into the totals. Caliber is the Eng Scorer score.

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