Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang Backs U.S.-First AI Chip Access

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said U.S. companies should get first access to the company’s most advanced AI chips while it competes worldwide, rejecting a full halt to advanced AI chip exports to China.

Huang’s plan would prioritize American customers without pulling Nvidia out of international markets. He framed competition as central to the American system, arguing that U.S. firms should remain present abroad.

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei has called for a prohibition on advanced AI chip sales to China. He has compared continued sales there to “selling nuclear weapons to North Korea.” The executives have held opposing positions on chip sales since at least early 2026. Their companies work on different parts of AI: Nvidia sells computing hardware, while Anthropic develops AI models that use it.

During an interview broadcast Sunday, Nov. 8, Huang pointed to Nvidia’s Vera Rubin generation as evidence of its production progress. He said Nvidia was producing Vera Rubin systems in volume and making them available to key U.S. labs. Huang also assessed that the United States held a lead of several years over China in AI technology development.

The discussion comes amid U.S. restrictions on advanced technology exports and tensions between Washington and Beijing. Huang has previously argued that limits on chip exports accelerated China’s work on semiconductor technology and manufacturing capacity, a point he made in earlier comments on U.S.-China semiconductor competition.