Both are pronounced the same way ("GRAHK") but they're completely different things. Groq is an AI inference chip startup that filed the trademark in 2016. Grok is xAI's chatbot, named after Heinlein's 1961 sci-fi novel Stranger in a Strange Land. xAI did pay Groq a settlement, but the chip company keeps the name.
| groq | grok | |
|---|---|---|
| IPA | /ɡrɒk/ | /ɡrɒk/ |
| Respelling | grahk | grahk |
| Category | project | product |
| Confidence | creator-clarified | community-consensus |
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