Overview

• A senior U.S. official told Reuters that DeepSeek has willingly supported China’s military and intelligence operations beyond open-source AI access.
• Washington alleges the Hangzhou startup routed “large volumes” of Nvidia H100 GPUs through Southeast Asian shell companies to bypass export restrictions.
• DeepSeek is referenced over 150 times in People’s Liberation Army procurement records and is accused of sharing user data with Beijing’s surveillance apparatus.
• Nvidia denies any H100 shipments to DeepSeek, saying its review shows the firm relied solely on lawfully exported H800 GPUs.
• Singapore charged three individuals over a fraud scheme linked to Nvidia chip transfers and Malaysia’s trade ministry has opened its own probe of Chinese-operated AI servers.