Chinese AI firm Moonshot obtained 20,000 Nvidia chips through a computing deal with Alibaba, bolstering its AI model development amid US export restrictions.
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Moonshot is using 20,000 NVIDIA chips
Aug 01, 2026
09:47 am
What's the storyChinese artificial intelligence (AI) company Moonshot AI has struck a computing deal with Alibaba Group.
The agreement involves the use of some 20,000 NVIDIA chips for their models, Bloomberg reported.
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Moonshot has Nvidia chip cluster from Alibaba computing deal, Bloomberg News reports
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