President Donald Trump will meet with Nvidia Corp. Chief Executive Officer Jensen Huang at the White House on Friday as the US prepares to tee up tariffs on semiconductors, weighs the fate of a subsidy program and probes whether Chinese AI startup DeepSeek skirted export controls to obtain the chipmakers’ products.

U.S. officials are investigating whether China’s DeepSeek purchased advanced Nvidia (NVDA) semiconductors through third parties in Singapore,

US officials are deep into an investigation to find out if Chinese AI startup DeepSeek found a backdoor route to Nvidia’s high-end chips through Singapore, evading American export bans.

The US is considering new restrictions on chip sales to China, adding to existing concerns about competition from Chinese AI models.

Nvidia Corp., the biggest provider of chips used to train artificial intelligence software, said a new model released by Chinese startup DeepSeek is an “excellent AI advancement” that complies with US technology export controls.

Trump administration officials are exploring additional curbs on the sale of Nvidia Corp. chips to China, according to people familiar with the matter, who emphasized that conversations are in very early stages as the new team works through policy priorities.

DeepSeek- which is backed by Chinese hedge fund High-Flyer- had said in July 2022 that it owned and operated a cluster of 10,000 A100 Nvidia chips, which are a less advanced version of Nvidia’s AI chips, developed specifically for China. The chips are also compliant with U.S. export restrictions.

Trump administration is talking about more export control restrictions on NVIDIA AI GPU sales to China, after DeepSeek kicks US ass in the AI arena.

The U.S. is investigating whether Chinese artificial intelligence disruptor DeepSeek used restricted Nvidia (NVDA) chips to train its

US regulators have launched an investigation into Chinese AI startup DeepSeek's possible violation of US AI technology embargo against China.US regulators investigating DeepSeek for violating US AI tech embargo against China due to access to Nvidia semiconductors via intermediaries.