DOJ Probes Nvidia Over Groq Deal
PUBLISHED Sep 10, 2026, 11:01 AM ET
The United States Department of Justice has opened an antitrust investigation into Nvidia regarding its twenty billion dollar non-exclusive licensing agreement with artificial intelligence chip startup Groq. Announced in December 2025, the transaction integrates Groq chief executive Jonathan Ross and chief operating officer Sunny Madra into Nvidia. Regulators issued formal information requests to determine whether the framework was structured to bypass standard federal merger review and expand hardware market dominance. In parallel, United States Senators Elizabeth Warren and Richard Blumenthal launched a separate congressional inquiry into the partnership. Legal experts note the probe targets potential monopolization within the specialized artificial intelligence accelerator sector, though corporate analysts view a complete transaction unwind as unlikely. Nvidia defended the arrangement as a standard technical licensing partnership designed to expand computing velocity and infrastructure interoperability.
By Ayesha A. | JQJO News
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Department of Justice opened antitrust investigation regarding Groq partnership agreement with Nvidia on December 2025 https://www.justice.gov/atr
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