US Approves NVIDIA AI Chip Sales to Chinese Firm with Vacant Registered Office

Shenchao TechFlow news, November 7 — According to The Verge, the U.S. government approved Chinese company New Matrix to purchase NVIDIA H200 AI chips, but the company's registered office location is vacant, raising concerns about whether chip sales reviews were adequate.

The report, citing The New York Times, said New Matrix had been established for about 17 months, had little public information, was not listed in the directory of companies at its registered address, and property management staff at the business park said they had no record of it. The company's owner is linked to a Chinese private equity firm that has been blacklisted by the U.S. since 2024.

The report also said that approvals for companies linked to entities subject to U.S. national security-related trade restrictions to purchase NVIDIA chips are not isolated cases.

Source: Shenchao TechFlow