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Tencent's $7B Oracle Deal Quietly Breaks the Chip Ban

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Something just happened quietly that could reshape the global AI race. Tencent, one of China's biggest tech giants, signed a roughly $7 billion, five-year deal with Oracle. The goal: access to about 100,000 advanced AI chips, the exact kind banned from direct sale to China under US export restricti…

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  1. 2026-10-01 11:46 · DEV Community — AI
    Tencent's $7B Oracle Deal Quietly Breaks the Chip Ban

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