Moonshot AI rents Nvidia's advanced chips in China via servers

Chinese AI startup Moonshot accessed Nvidia's most advanced chips this summer by renting servers, according to Bloomberg, citing documents filed with Beijing regulators. The company signed a contract in August to lease 32 Super Micro Computer servers equipped with Nvidia B300 GPUs. The deal highlights ongoing workarounds by Chinese AI developers despite U.S. restrictions on advanced chip sales to China since 2022. Alibaba and ByteDance also secured access to Nvidia chips on overseas servers earlier this year, often through Southeast Asian nations like Malaysia. The report comes amid heightened scrutiny of Nvidia's China ties, including CEO Jensen Huang's admitted relationship with a Chinese businesswoman linked to espionage. Super Micro Computer is also under U.S. Justice Department investigation over alleged illegal chip sales to China.