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🚀Intermediate

Groq Essentials

Run open-weight models at very high speed through an API you already know.

GroqCloud runs open-weight models on Groq's own LPU chips, and it is fast. This course takes you from a free account and the Playground to your first API calls, streaming, JSON output and a bulk-classification script, with practical notes on rate limits, cost control and where Groq fits in a South African business workflow.

Recommended before this course: AI Foundations

What you will be able to do

  • Explain what Groq is, how it differs from Grok, and why inference speed matters for real workloads
  • Use the GroqCloud console and Playground to compare models, temperatures and token limits
  • Call the Groq API from Python and curl using the OpenAI-compatible endpoint
  • Use streaming, JSON mode, tool use and speech-to-text for practical business tasks
  • Decide where Groq fits in a workflow and keep rate limits and cost under control

Course outline

1

What Groq is

3 lessons · quiz

The company, the chip, the models it runs and how you pay for them.

  • Groq vs Grok: the LPU and why speed matters 10 min
  • Open-weight models you can run on GroqCloud 10 min
  • How Groq is priced: pay per token, free tier to start 10 min
  • Module quiz 5 questions
2

The GroqCloud console

4 lessons · quiz

Get a key, learn the Playground controls, and compare models properly.

  • Creating an account and your first API key 10 min
  • The Playground: system prompt, model, temperature and max tokens 12 min
  • Comparing models side by side 10 min
  • Exercise: same prompt, three models, measure the difference exercise · 20 min
  • Module quiz 5 questions
3

Using the Groq API

4 lessons · quiz

One base URL change, your first calls, then streaming, JSON, tools and audio.

  • OpenAI-compatible: one base URL change 10 min
  • First call in Python and curl 12 min
  • Streaming, JSON mode and tool use 15 min
  • Speech to text and other endpoints 12 min
  • Module quiz 5 questions
4

Groq in practice

4 lessons · quiz

Where Groq belongs in a workflow, how to stay inside limits and budget, and how to plug it into the tools you already use.

  • Where Groq fits: fast chat, voice agents, bulk classification 10 min
  • Rate limits, batch processing and cost control 12 min
  • Groq inside no-code tools and agents 10 min
  • Exercise: classify 50 support messages in one script exercise · 30 min
  • Module quiz 5 questions