The Financial Times reports that the US Congress is taking steps to tighten export rules for AI chips. The trigger is a scandal involving Nvidia. The source describes the tightening as a movement in Congress; a passed law is not documented in the available material.
Background
According to the Wall Street Journal, which The Decoder cites, the company Megaspeed arranged orders of Nvidia high-performance chips for Chinese companies between March 2024 and June 2025, worth just under 12 billion dollars. According to the report, the chips were meant to be kept from China by export controls. Megaspeed belongs to Alice Huang, a former partner of Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, who has since been removed from the role.
According to The Decoder, Nvidia reported 12.4 billion dollars of China revenue in six months, or 7 percent of total revenue. The short seller Culper Research, by contrast, estimates that more than 20 percent of revenue in the last fiscal year came from Chinese customers. A significant part of the China business could therefore have run through indirect channels.
Context
If the tightening goes ahead, it could also matter for companies outside the US that source AI hardware through supply chains with a China link. It remains open which concrete obligations such a law would impose. Check whether your supply chains involve detours through third countries or cloud partners.
Sources
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