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more new facts about what happened re Nvidia: Chinese companies with ties to Jensen mistress Alice Huang ~~invested in DeepSeek~~ with a plan to supply DeepSeek with access to (banned) Nvidia chipsRead original on X
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Chinese firms reportedly pitched DeepSeek investors on banned Nvidia chips
The pitch reportedly helped the firms win a slot in DeepSeek's $15.8 billion funding round, raising export-control concerns.
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Exclusive: DeepSeek employees pitched companies tied to Alice Huang and her family to investors as a substantial supplier of black-market Nvidia AI chips. That pitch helped win the companies a slot in DeepSeek’s $15.8 billion funding round, and they invested through special purpose vehicles that keep them off its shareholder list. Full story:Read original on X
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Chinese firms reportedly pitched DeepSeek investors on banned Nvidia chips
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Chinese firms planned to give DeepSeek banned Nvidia chips
Chinese firms planned to give DeepSeek banned Nvidia chips
Chinese firms planned to give DeepSeek banned Nvidia chips
Chinese firms planned to supply DeepSeek with banned Nvidia chips
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