hi! i work @ groq and just made an account here to answer any questions for anyone who might be confused. groq has been around since 2016 and although we do offer hardware for enterprises in the form of dedicated instances, our goal is to make the models that we host easily accessible via groqcloud and groq api (openai compatible) so you can instantly get access to fast inference. :)

we have a pretty generous free tier and a dev tier you can upgrade to for higher rate limits. also, we deeply value privacy and don't retain your data. you can read more about that here: https://groq.com/privacy-policy/