China May Allow Top AI Companies to Purchase Nvidia H200 Chips

China is reportedly preparing to give its top artificial intelligence firms the green light to purchase a restricted quantity of Nvidia H200 chips, according to a report from the Information published Wednesday.

According to the report, Chinese government officials have reached out to Alibaba, ByteDance, and DeepSeek in recent weeks, indicating that those companies may soon be granted permission to acquire some of the H200 chips. The report was based on information from two people familiar with the discussions.