Moonshot AI rents Nvidia’s top chips in China, Bloomberg reports

Chinese AI startup Moonshot accessed Nvidia's most advanced chips this summer by renting servers, according to a Bloomberg report citing documents filed with Beijing regulators. The company signed a contract in August to rent 32 Super Micro Computer servers equipped with Nvidia's B300 GPUs, the most advanced AI processors available. This comes amid scrutiny over Nvidia's China ties, including CEO Jensen Huang's admitted affair with a Chinese businesswoman reportedly a spy. Nvidia has been blocked from selling its top chips to China since 2022, but Chinese developers have used offshore rentals, particularly in Malaysia. Alibaba and ByteDance also secured access to offshore Nvidia chips earlier this year, despite Beijing's push for local alternatives.