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title: "The US let Nvidia sell chips to an empty office in China"
type: signal
url: https://frontiernewswire.com/s/the-us-let-nvidia-sell-chips-to-an-empty-office-in-china-4e1f600a
published: 2026-11-07T15:43:45.000Z
byline: "Source: The Verge AI"
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# The US let Nvidia sell chips to an empty office in China

Source: The Verge AI · Published 2026-11-07 · Canonical: https://frontiernewswire.com/s/the-us-let-nvidia-sell-chips-to-an-empty-office-in-china-4e1f600a

Concerns are being raised that neither the Commerce Department nor Nvidia are doing their due diligence when it comes to vetting Chinese firms cleared to handle the company's H200 AI chips. According to The New York Times, New Matrix is on the list of approved firms, yet its offices are empty, "a hollow gray shell \[…\]

In this story: [Nvidia](https://frontiernewswire.com/companies/nvidia), [AI Chips](https://frontiernewswire.com/topics/ai-chips), [New York Times](https://frontiernewswire.com/companies/new-york-times), [US Department of Commerce](https://frontiernewswire.com/companies/us-department-of-commerce), [H200](https://frontiernewswire.com/models/h200)

## Sources

- [Read the original at The Verge AI](https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/1029483/nvidia-ai-chips-china-blacklist-government)

## Around the web

- [The US let Nvidia sell chips to an empty office in China](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50405793) (Hacker News · 3 points)

## On Bluesky

- [The Verge (@theverge.com)](https://bsky.app/profile/theverge.com/post/3mzqaip63w42f) (Nov 7, 2026 · 48 likes · 22 reposts): The government is approving sales of Nvidia’s AI chips to Chinese firms with ties to blacklisted companies. www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...
- [Tom Gibson (@tmgibs.bsky.social)](https://bsky.app/profile/tmgibs.bsky.social/post/3mzqg5uucx22i) (Nov 7, 2026 · 1 like): New Matrix, is a Chinese H200 licensee whose listed office is an empty shell Corporate records link New Matrix’s owners to Wise Road, a private equity fund the US blacklisted in 2024 Commerce appears to have cleared roughly two dozen Chinese firms to buy or handle H200s
- [Tomas Ström (@hapsis.bsky.social)](https://bsky.app/profile/hapsis.bsky.social/post/3mzqjwhxjp22m) (Nov 7, 2026): The US let Nvidia sell chips to an empty office in China www.theverge.com/ai-artificia... \#Cybersecurity \#Vientivalvonta
- [Kevin Curry, PharmD (@kcurry.bsky.social)](https://bsky.app/profile/kcurry.bsky.social/post/3mzqdstfcha25) (Nov 7, 2026): nvidia just sold ai chips to a chinese company with no actual office to show for it. this is what happens when due diligence is lax https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/1029483/nvidia-ai-chips-china-blacklist-government
- [🌍Global News📝 (@global-news-2024.bsky.social)](https://bsky.app/profile/global-news-2024.bsky.social/post/3mzqahgcolk2a) (Nov 7, 2026): 📰 The US let Nvidia sell chips to an empty office in China According to The New York Times, New Matrix is on the list of approved firms, yet its offices are empty, "a hollow gray shell \[…\] Source: The Verge \| Read story 💬 How do you see this impacting users? \#TechBluesky \#New \#Matrix

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