China's Moonshot AI reportedly used Nvidia Blackwell chips for training Kimi K3 — company circumvented both U.S. export and Chinese import controls to acquire compute
When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. The US government bars their sale to Chinese firms, while Chinese policies block their import as the country tries to spin up an advanced AI chip industry of its own.But as we've discussed multiple times and then some more, Chinese AI firms are quite creative with workarounds for these restrictive policies. Given that those chips are scarce enough right now even when obtained legitimately, it's unsurprising that neither firm had enough of them on hand to let Moonshot train K3.
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- ▪The US government bars their sale to Chinese firms, while Chinese policies block their import as the country tries to spin up an advanced AI chip industry of its own.But as we've discussed multiple times and then some more, Chinese AI firms
- ▪Given that those chips are scarce enough right now even when obtained legitimately, it's unsurprising that neither firm had enough of them on hand to let Moonshot train K3.
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Tech Industry Artificial Intelligence China's Moonshot AI reportedly used Nvidia Blackwell chips for training Kimi K3 — company circumvented both U.S. export and Chinese import controls to acquire compute News By Bruno Ferreira Published 29 July 2026 The US gov't says Moonshot has purchased Blackwell systems and rented time on foreign clouds to help it train models. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. (Image credit: Nvidia) Copy link Facebook X Whatsapp Reddit Pinterest Flipboard Email Share this article 0 Join the conversation Follow us Add us as a preferred source on Google Newsletter Subscribe to our newsletter Keeping the upper hand in the AI arms race has become a vital goal for both the U.S.
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