Nvidia's Huang May Have Won China Reprieve
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Nvidia founder and CEO Jensen Huang has been active on the government relations and lobbying front, and now he’s got something big to show for his efforts: the Trump Administration has agreed to lift a ban on selling Nvidia H20 AI chips to China.
The federal government’s past restrictions on AI chip sales inside China were easily the biggest threat to American preeminence in the AI space.
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang praised China's AI models a day after the U.S. chipmaker said it expected to resume sales of a key product to China. "More than 1.5 million developers in China build on Nvidia today to bring their innovations to life,
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang's visit to Beijing involved praising China's tech and EVs, even calling them world-class. This occurred after the U.S. relaxed AI chip sale rules as part of a trade agreement.
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang delivered a rare Mandarin-language keynote at the China International Supply Chain Expo on July 16, appearing in traditional Chinese attire. His presence underscored Nvidia's growing engagement with China's fast-evolving AI landscape.
Jensen Huang extolled China’s technological advances and said President Trump wouldn’t mind his meetings in Beijing.
Nvidia Corp.’s Jensen Huang spent months telling everyone what a grave mistake the US was making restricting shipments of artificial intelligence processors to China — with little sign that his argument was swaying anyone.