How Nvidia’s Jensen Huang Persuaded Trump to Sell A.I. Chips to China - The New York Times

With help from a longtime Silicon Valley investor turned White House insider, Mr. Huang got the administration to reverse course on restrictions. By Tripp Mickle Tripp Mickle covers Nvidia and reported on this article from Washington, San Francisco and San Jose, Calif. In April, Jensen Huang, the chief executive of the chip maker Nvidia, received a blunt welcome to the world of geopolitics when the Trump administration shut down sales of an artificial intelligence chip the company had designed specifically for China. Since then, Mr. Huang has turned himself into a globe-trotting negotiator as he has tried to persuade President Trump to reverse course. He has traveled with Mr. Trump, testified before Congress and charmed reporters in Washington. And he has courted allies in White House who have quietly supported global business interests despite Mr. Trump’s tough talk on trade with China. That work has started to pay off for Nvidia. Last week, Mr. Huang met with Mr. Trump in the Oval Of

With help from a longtime Silicon Valley investor turned White House insider, Mr. Huang got the administration to reverse course on restrictions. By Tripp Mickle Tripp Mickle covers Nvidia and reported on this article from Washington, San Francisco and San Jose, Calif. In April, Jensen Huang, the chief executive of the chip maker Nvidia, received a blunt welcome to the world of geopolitics when the Trump administration shut down sales of an artificial intelligence chip the company had designed specifically for China. Since then, Mr. Huang has turned himself into a globe-trotting negotiator as