Regulatory filings in Beijing show that the startup Moonshot AI acquired a shipment of high-performance semiconductors this past summer to expand its computing capacity. The Chinese AI firm used Nvidia B300 GPUs installed in servers provided by Supermicro to train its models, bypassing US export controls that limit China’s access to advanced American hardware.
The disclosure follows the arrest of Supermicro co-founder Wally Liaw, who was charged eight months prior for attempting to sell Nvidia GPUs to OBON, a subsidiary of the Chinese technology company Megaspeed.
