Warren Probes NVIDIA's Compliance With Export Control Laws and Regulations
Senator questions accuracy of NVIDIA’s recent public statements about diversion of advanced artificial intelligence (AI) chips to China
“Recent criminal cases involving chip smuggling allege troubling facts that raise serious questions about NVIDIA’s compliance practices.”
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Ranking Member of the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee, sent a letter to NVIDIA Corporation’s Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary Tim Teter and Member of the Board of Directors and Chair of the Audit Committee Brooke Seawell, requesting answers about the company’s compliance with U.S. export control laws and regulations and the accuracy of its public statements regarding the diversion of advanced AI chips to China.
Multiple recent enforcement actions brought by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) allege schemes involving the unlawful diversion of NVIDIA products, including millions of dollars in graphics processing units (GPUs) to China through Malaysia and Thailand, exports and attempted exports of $160 million in H100 and H200 chips, and $510 million in diverted servers. These allegations undermine NVIDIA Chief Executive Officer Jensen Huang’s public claims that “(t)here’s no evidence of any AI chip diversion” and that NVIDIA chip market share in China has “dropped to zero.”
“These recent indictments and allegations raise urgent questions about whether NVIDIA’s Board of Directors is exercising meaningful oversight over the company’s compliance with export controls—and about the risk posed to investors and our national security,” wrote Ranking Member Warren.
Ranking Member Warren continued: “Although the company’s response to these issues is squarely within the Audit Committee’s authority, it remains unclear whether any of these public reports or indictments have triggered public, Board-level scrutiny or revisions to NVIDIA’s customer diligence and export-control compliance.Congress has made bipartisan efforts to strengthen export controls on restricted entities, but these efforts are undermined when corporations ignore the diversion of prohibited exports.”
To inform her legislative responsibilities with regard to national security and export controls and the continued oversight of the compliance concerns described in the letter, Ranking Member Warren requested responses by June 18, 2026.
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