Nvidia Faces New Antitrust Questions Over $20 Billion Groq Licensing Deal

By CPI
Publication Date: 2026-03-22 16:50:00

Nvidia is facing renewed attention from US lawmakers after a $20 billion licensing agreement with AI startup Groq raised concerns about whether the deal’s structure may have allowed the company to expand its reach without undergoing antitrust review.

Sens. Elizabeth Warren and Richard Blumenthal sent a letter to Nvidia Chief Executive Jensen Huang seeking more information about the arrangement, according to a statement described in the source material. The lawmakers said the deal could reduce competition and further strengthen Nvidia’s position in artificial intelligence computing, where its chips are already widely used to train large language models.

The agreement, completed at the end of 2025, gives Nvidia a non-exclusive license to Groq’s technology and also brings several key personnel into Nvidia, including Groq CEO Jonathan Ross, per a statement in the provided material. Groq, however, continues to operate as an independent company.

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Nvidia has maintained that it did not purchase Groq and that the startup remains a separate business, according to a statement. The company has also said Groq’s cloud operations continue independently, even though many of Groq’s engineers and hardware designers have moved to Nvidia.

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