Unlike other SaaS "acquisitions" of late, this will be not as straightforward closure of a subscription business.

The $1.5B contract with the Saudi Arabia is substantial and investors will want that monetized too, there are also existing DCs GroqCloud have in the ME region and also other spots around the world that are quite valuable for their hardware and power agreements etc.

Nvidia has CIFUS and other regulatory concerns and also don't want to compete against their customers be a neo cloud provider, the Saudis likely still want their DC build outs to proceed.

All this to say, the remaining parts while no longer as glamorous is still worth a lot and cannot be easily sold to big tech co. GroqCloud is more be like Nokia Technologies/ Networks rather be killed.

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As a result, staff not part of the Nvidia deal likely have solid jobs and also now the opportunity to climb the ladder quickly now that a lot of leadership positions have opened up.

They are also going to have to be compensated higher in cash or poached by an upcoming chip startup as they are no longer tied to equity options vesting scheduled of a very valuable company (Pre deal Groq or now Nvidia).

In any scenario they will come out better of the deal, not as much they could have in a full acquisition yes, but certainly better than most engineers not working for a hyped AI startup nonetheless.