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Sep 27, 2026 China’s government has signaled it could allow some domestic companies to buy a new Nvidia chip built for high-end professional computers, according to two people familiar with the matter, as the country’s AI firms strain for enough computing power to run their chatbots and agents. The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, which oversees China’s tech sector, recently asked companies including Alibaba Group and ByteDance to report on their plans to buy Nvidia’s RTX Pro 5500 chips, released this month—specifically how many they want to buy and what they’ll use them for, the people said. The ministry has told some Chinese companies the government intends to approve the purchases, they said. Even if that happens, though, it’s unclear when the approvals would come, how many chips officials would allow and what standards they would use to decide. Read the full article China Weighs Allowing Purchases of New Nvidia Chips by ByteDance, Alibaba By Qianer Liu A message from Everpure The biggest AI bottleneck isn't your model. It's the data behind it. When systems are fragmented, AI falls short of its potential. Everpure unifies your data so you can see it, understand it, and control it from one place—putting clean, AI-ready data right at your fingertips. Get real results from your AI. Related articles Anthropic Seeks Palantir-Style Voting Control for Seven Co-Founders Ahead of IPO By Cory Weinberg, Valida Pau and Julia Hornstein Google Nears Release of Flagship Gemini 4 AI Model By Laura Bratton How Nvidia Is Trying to Solve the Data Center Power Bottleneck By Phoebe Liu Introducing the AI Inflection Index: What 9,500 Articles Say About What’s Coming Next By Eric Bellomo Follow us Sent to you@example.com | Manage your preferences or unsubscribe | Help The Information · 251 Rhode Island Street, Suite 107, San Francisco, CA 94103