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Lawsuit alleges Groq stockholders were shortchanged in Nvidia's $20 billion deal
Key points
- Former Groq engineers filed a lawsuit against Groq and Nvidia.
- The lawsuit alleges Groq stockholders were shortchanged in a $20 billion deal.
- It claims the deal lacked a stockholder vote and a value maximization process.
- Groq denies the allegations, calling the lawsuit meritless.
Lawsuit Filed Against Groq and Nvidia
Joshua Rubin and Benjamin Serebrin, former engineers at AI chip designer Groq, have filed a lawsuit in the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware. The lawsuit alleges that Nvidia's $20 billion deal to acquire assets from Groq "squeezed out" stockholders by offering a "lowball" price for their shares. Both Rubin and Serebrin held stock in Groq before their departure and the deal's announcement.
Allegations of Improper Process
The lawsuit claims that Groq's board of directors sold the company to Nvidia without the stockholder vote required by Delaware law. It further alleges that there was no process designed to test or maximize the value of the assets Nvidia acquired. The plaintiffs contend that this conflicted choice by the board cost Groq's stockholders billions of dollars.
Deal Structure and Impact
The deal involved Nvidia allocating $17 billion for a "non-exclusive" license and an additional $3 billion in restricted stock units for Groq employees who transitioned to Nvidia. Groq founder Jonathan Ross and president Sunny Madra, along with other senior leaders, joined Nvidia as part of the agreement. Approximately 150 to 200 Groq engineers became Nvidia employees.
Groq's Response and Nvidia's Intent
A Groq spokesperson stated that the licensing agreement with Nvidia delivered exceptional value for Groq, its investors, and employees, calling the lawsuit meritless. Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang indicated in an internal email that the agreement would expand Nvidia's capabilities by integrating Groq's low-latency processors into the NVIDIA AI factory architecture to serve a broader range of AI inference and real-time workloads.
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Former Groq engineers have filed a lawsuit alleging that Nvidia's $20 billion deal to acquire assets from Groq "squeezed out" stockholders by offering a "lowball" price. The lawsuit claims Groq's board sold the company without a required stockholder vote and without a process to maximize value, costing stockholders billions.