He told CNBC: "My understanding is that Deepseek has about 50,000 H100s, which they can't talk about obviously because it is against the export controls that the U.S. has put in p

Although it was initially thought that DeepSeek was using Nvidia’s lower-performing H800 chips, Wang confirmed that the startup is leveraging the banned H100 chips.

In a CNBC interview, Scale AI's CEO Alexandr Wang disclosed that DeepSeek holds over 50,000 NVIDIA H100 chips, restricted from public discussion due to US export regulations. This revelation sparks discussions on AI competition and the impact of tech restrictions on international companies.