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Nvidia

Nvidia is one of the most valuable companies in the semiconductor industry. Founded by Taiwan-born American businessman Jensen Huang, it holds a near monopoly on graphics processing units used to train AI systems.

Chairman / President

Jensen Huang

CEO / Managing Director

Jensen Huang

CFO / Finance Director

Colette Kress

Industry

Semiconductors

Website

nvidia.com

Headquarters address

2788 San Tomas Expressway, Santa Clara, CA 95051, United States

Stock Code

NASDAQ:NVDA

Year founded

1993

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Zhipu’s viral Ox Alpha AI model runs entirely on Chinese chips

Model shows China can scale AI on domestic chips, setting a usage record as Beijing pushes to cut reliance on US hardware.

Nvidia ships first H200 chips to China, expects no data-centre computing revenue

AI boom, profit surge fuel China’s ambitious chip assembly buildout

DeepSeek leads surge in low-cost Chinese open-weight models on US platform

Open models reached a record share of 62 per cent on a US web development platform on Saturday, a reversal of figures in June.

.css-1f6sr3w{color:#727272;}In Focus | Once known for livestock, a rural Chinese city pivots to AI super units

Fueled by cheap wind power and a cool climate, Inner Mongolia’s Ulanqab is turning energy produced in its pastureland into power for the AI boom.

Nvidia customers notified of AI-related price rises above 15%

The rises will impact systems including those with the Vera Rubin and Grace Blackwell chips, according to people familiar with the process.

OpenAI-backed legal tech firm pivots to Chinese Kimi K3 open-weight model

San Francisco-based Harvey says its new model, Harvey Tenet, was post-trained on top of the open-weight Kimi K3 base.

What’s next for Alibaba as US$56 billion AI spending plan hits halfway mark?

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Chinese AI firms forced to optimise software as local chips trail Nvidia’s

Surging token usage as artificial intelligence moves into large-scale deployment spurs search for new approaches.

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Giant arrays of AI chips, China’s way around US export curbs on the most advanced silicon, become widely available to meet growing compute needs of models, agents.

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Nvidia to provide up to US$105 billion guarantee for OpenAI’s Ohio data centre

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Chinese hedge funds rotate out of Nvidia and US hyperscalers in AI trade

China’s top-ranked hedge fund managers change tactics to ride the changing wave of overseas investments and market dynamics.

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Recent US ban on new robots is unlikely to prevent robotics becoming China’s next export engine after electric vehicles.

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Nvidia to team with Wall Street on US$500 billion package for AI projects

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Memory prices to peak this year in upcycle turning point, research suggests

AI demand is keeping supplies tight, but slower pricing momentum and expansion by CXMT and YMTC are raising questions over how long boom can last.

What is delaying Chinese AI giants switching from Nvidia to local chips?

High transition costs are keeping AI developers in China reliant on Nvidia chips, industry sources say.

Europe hails AI gigafactory plan, but industry fears deeper US tech reliance

Brussels’ €30b tender for up to 7 AI hubs already benefits US chipmakers and could result in EU-funded computing capacity being sold to US tech giants.

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Exports surge in first half of year, as the superior heat dissipation of diamonds expands market beyond jewellery, positioning China for further growth.

China’s Kimi K3 AI model escapes a closed cyber test: researchers

Kimi K3’s escape did not involve the hacking of an external system, unlike recent breaches by OpenAI and Anthropic models.

Unrelenting AI demand spawns new plant for PCB maker Victory Giant

Nvidia supplier to invest at least US$444 million in plant for ‘AI high-end electronic circuit smart manufacturing’ in southern city Huizhou.

US AI leaders are using Chinese open models for cybersecurity. Here’s why

Andrew Ng and others argue accessible systems outperform overly restricted platforms on cybersecurity and transparency.

Slapped with reality: why Huawei’s top chip scientist embraces war-hero mindset

In viral interview, Liao Heng talks navigating US curbs to make Ascend processors, placing innovation over nanometres for chip self-reliance.

In Focus | Once known for livestock, a rural Chinese city pivots to AI super units