How a Blacklisted Chinese Tech Giant Kept Buying America’s Best A.I. Chips
Washington imposed sanctions on Inspur because of its work with the Chinese military. But the company’s subsidiary kept shipping Nvidia’s best chips to feed China’s leading A.I. firms.
TL;DR
- Inspur, a major Chinese tech firm, was added to a U.S. security risk blacklist in March 2023.
- Its U.S. subsidiary rebranded from Inspur to Aivres.
- Aivres has continued to support Inspur's global network for providing computing power to China's AI industry.
- The subsidiary appears to be leveraging loopholes in U.S. export law.
- Federal officials have initiated an investigation into Aivres's business operations.