Nvidia H200 China Approval Hits an Empty Office [2026]

The U.S. Commerce Department approved roughly two dozen Chinese companies to buy or handle Nvidia H200 chips, according to The New York Times, and one name on that list leads to an empty office in Beijing. The company is New Matrix. Reporters who visited its listed address found the space vacant, and The Verge, which relayed the findings, said the building directory and a nearby property-management agency reportedly had no record of the firm.

That detail turns a dry licensing story into a live argument about how Washington checks who actually receives its most sensitive exports. The Trump administration reportedly allowed Nvidia H200 China sales after Nvidia agreed to give the U.S. government 15% of those sales. Critics now have a concrete example to point at when they ask whether the vetting behind that deal holds…