Commerce Dept delays entity list decision, Megaspeed can still buy advanced Nvidia AI chips
GarrisonLovely · x · 2026-11-11
Per an FT scoop, multiple US agencies pushed to put Singapore-based Megaspeed on the China-linked entity list, but the Commerce Department has spent two months delaying new additions, citing need for more info — leaving the company tied to a suspected Chinese spy free to buy advanced AI chips even after the story broke.
Garrison Lovely notes Nvidia says it stopped selling to Megaspeed over a year ago, yet the company remains listed as an Nvidia Cloud Partner. Screenshots show agencies (Pentagon, Energy, Treasury, State) deflecting comment, while Commerce touts six investigations with criminal charges against 17 defendants over billions of dollars of smuggled chips.
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