Semafor: Nvidia Counsel Tim Teter Invoked Trump's Name on Chip Export Licenses, Called KYC Rule 'Poison Pill'

Semafor reports that Nvidia general counsel Tim Teter told government officials in January 'the president wanted' chip export licensing conditions to move faster, and that Nvidia fought a KYC threshold it called a 'poison pill.' Nvidia lobbyists reportedly told Congress location-tracking was technically infeasible, then demonstrated and launched the feature months later. The piece ties the aggressive lobbying to Bloomberg's finding that Nvidia undercounted Megaspeed chip sales by 50,000 units and The Information's $7.5B figure for chips sold to entities linked to the alleged Chinese asset.