House China Committee chair sends letter to US Commerce Secretary Lutnick on Nvidia. $NVDA

29 Jan 2026 18:36NVDA China CNY US Indexes US Stocks USD
Nvidia provided technical support that helped DeepSeek improve its breakthrough AI model despite US export controls aimed at restricting the Chinese startup’s access to high-end American chips, according to the Republican chair of the House China committee.

DeepSeek achieved cutting-edge performance with its R1 model through what Nvidia described as an optimized co-design of algorithms, frameworks and hardware tailored for use with its H800 processors, Representative Moolenaar wrote in a letter on Wednesday to US Commerce Secretary Lutnick.

Moolenaar also said Nvidia proposed offering DeepSeek as an enterprise-ready product to be deployed on its hardware, citing records obtained from the chipmaker.