(Bloomberg) — Nvidia Corp. boss Jensen Huang lauded DeepSeek and China’s other contributions to AI research as he met with political and tech leaders in Beijing.
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Huang said open-source Chinese AI models were helping the rest of the world during a fireside chat with Wang Jian, a former Alibaba Group executive who helped create the company’s cloud unit, at the International Supply Chain Expo in the Chinese capital on Thursday.
The Nvidia CEO singled out DeepSeek’s AI research. “It is incredibly well written. It is absolutely A-plus quality science and A-plus quality engineering,“ Huang said. He added that Chinese AI researchers lead the world in the number of papers published.
Huang went on a charm offensive at the opening of the conference Wednesday, deeming China’s open-source AI models “a catalyst for global progress, giving every country and industry a chance to join the AI revolution.” He said DeepSeek, Alibaba, Tencent, MiniMax and Baidu Ernie Bot are “world-class.”
Huang’s trip comes as Nvidia jolted global tech stocks this week with news that the Trump administration would green-light export licenses for the H20 — a stunning policy reversal that would formally allow the company to resume sales of a much sought-after component to the world’s top semiconductor arena.
Huang said he anticipates getting the first batch of US licenses to export H20 AI chips to China soon. The move may add billions to Nvidia’s revenue this year, restoring the firm’s ability to fulfill orders written off as lost because of the earlier restrictions.
–With assistance from Luz Ding.
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