US allows Nvidia H200 chip sales to Chinese firm with empty office, raising vetting concerns

Concerns are mounting that neither the Commerce Department nor Nvidia properly vet Chinese firms cleared to handle Nvidia's H200 AI chips, including one cleared firm that reportedly operates from an empty office.

Read the full story at The Verge AI ↗

Timeline · 1 report

2026-11-07 15:43 · The Verge AI
The US let Nvidia sell chips to an empty office in China

More stories

Chinese Firms Cleared to Buy Nvidia H200 Chips Despite Empty Offices and Sanctions Ties — New York Times AI
About 600,000 Nvidia H200 chips sit in Hong Kong as Beijing withholds import approval — Techmeme
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang faces congressional briefing request over alleged Chinese spy ties — Axios AI+
DeepSeek V4.1 Flash gains traction across local rigs, benchmarks, and serving platforms — Vercel Blog
Microsoft winding down deal to rent AI cloud capacity from Oracle — Bloomberg AI
Nasdaq Suffers Worst Day in 18 Months as Nvidia Slides on AI Chip Selloff — The Globe and Mail
Report: China's spy agency recruited executive to target Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang — New York Times AI
Not Nvidia. Not Palantir. The Midterms Just Made This Magnificent Artificial Intelligence (AI) Stock the Safer Bet. — The Globe and Mail

Get the daily brief of stories like this at 6:30 every morning →