Nvidia’s boss, Jensen Huang, reportedly met with Deepseek’s founder Thursday during a surround trip to Beijing – just a day after a home committee revealed an investigation whether the Chip giant violated strict export rules by selling to China.
Huang meeting with Deepseek Chief Liang Wenfeng included talks about “new chip models for Chinese clients,” Financial Times reported, citing two family resources with his schedule. The Director General of Nvidia also met separately with China’s vice president and other senior trade officials.
The visit was very much covered by the Chinese state media, which reported that Huang had emphasized the importance of China’s market for the success of the company.
“We hope to continue to cooperate with China,” Huang said, according to Chinese state broadcaster CCTV.
Huang trip to Beijing may disturb Fresh Stoke for Capitol Hill, where lawmakers have already stated faars that advanced Nvidia chips have helped Deepseek and other Chinese firms capture the US in the race.
Nvidia representatives did not immediately repay the post for commentary request.
Nvidia shares decreased 1% in early trading on Thursday.
Company shares have fallen about 25% since the beginning of the year during a wider market turmoil over President Trump’s fees.
Many experts, including Trump administration he Czar David Sacks and Elon Musk, have questioned Deepseek’s claim that she trained her model for less than $ 6 million and without access to Nvidia’s most advanced chips.
On Wednesday, the China House Election Committee revealed that it is investigating if the sales of Nvidia chips in Asia violated US rules.
The panel also labeled Deepseek a “deep threat” to US national security that “exploits tens of thousands [Nvidia] Chips that are currently limited by export to PRC. “
At the beginning of this week, the Trump administration took the unexpected step in restricting Nvidia’s H20 computer chips in China.
The less powerful ipip was created specifically to expire existing export controls in the US in more advanced models.
Nvidia said she was expecting to receive a hit $ 5.5 billion as a result of fresh ban.
Nvidia operations have accelerated against the backdrop of Trump’s escalating trade war with China.
The President has hit the total tariffs of 145% for imports from China.
Beijing has retaliated with 125% fee for American goods.
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