★ Government Action
Trump admin releases 35,000 Nvidia AI chips to Saudi Arabia's Humain
Filed November 2025
★ The Brief
What happened
During Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman's November 2025 White House visit, the Trump administration approved releasing 35,000 advanced Nvidia AI chips to Humain, the Saudi sovereign-fund-backed AI firm, with a parallel release to UAE-based G42 the same week.
Who enabled it
Who benefits
Deal or steal?
U.S. export controls are designed to keep these chips from reaching China, a diversion risk both recipients carry; the release continued a pattern of Nvidia favors after its $1 million inaugural donation and an August deal trading China export licenses for a 15% revenue share.
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During Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman's November 17-18 White House visit, the Trump administration approved the release of 35,000 advanced Nvidia AI chips to Humain, the Saudi PIF-backed AI firm. A parallel 35,000-chip release went to UAE-based G42 the same week. Both recipients carry the China-diversion risk that U.S. export controls on these chips are designed to prevent. The release continues a pattern of Nvidia favors: a $1 million Trump-Vance Inaugural Committee donation in January 2025, and an August 2025 deal granting Nvidia and AMD China-export licenses in exchange for a 15% revenue share on those sales.
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