Washington takes aim at DeepSeek and its American chip supplier, Nvidia

Two months after DeepSeek, China‘s artificial intelligence star, rattled Washington and shook Wall Street, U.S. officials are taking steps to crack down on the Chinese startup and its support from America’s leading chipmaker, Nvidia.

The Trump administration this week moved to restrict Nvidia’s sale of AI chips to China. It also is weighing penalties that would block DeepSeek from buying U.S. technology and debating barring Americans’ access to its services, said three people with knowledge of the actions who spoke on the condition of anonymity.

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