--- title: OpenAI goes quiet on China chip controls as Congress... description: OpenAI has stopped lobbying for strict US chip export limits on China, Politico reports, after being one of the loudest voices for them last year. In March... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/openai-goes-quiet-on-china-chip-controls-as-congress-prepares-new-limits-axovd0ofp twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: OpenAI goes quiet on China chip controls as Congress prepares new limits | daily.dev og:description: OpenAI has stopped lobbying for strict US chip export limits on China, Politico reports, after being one of the loudest voices for them last year. In March... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/openai-goes-quiet-on-china-chip-controls-as-congress-prepares-new-limits-axovd0ofp og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/aXOVD0oFp.png og:image:alt: OpenAI goes quiet on China chip controls as Congress prepares new limits og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # OpenAI goes quiet on China chip controls as Congress prepares new limits **[Collections](https://daily.dev/sources/collections)** · 2 min read · 1 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary OpenAI has stopped lobbying for strict US chip export limits on China, Politico reports, after being one of the loudest voices for them last year. In March 2025 it urged the White House to keep strict controls and widen the restricted chip list. Now it's staying silent as China hawks prepare new restrictions tied to the defense spending bill after the midterms. The shift coincides with Nvidia's $30B equity investment in OpenAI, finalized in February, and a guarantee of up to $105B for the first phase of an Ohio data center where Nvidia is sole chip supplier. Anthropic has instead backed several chip bills and left a major tech trade group over the issue in September. ## Content OpenAI has stopped pushing for strict US limits on selling advanced chips to China, Politico reports. For much of last year it was one of the louder voices in favor of them. In March 2025, the company asked the White House to keep China under strict export controls and to widen the list of restricted chips. Now, according to congressional aides and lobbyists, it has gone quiet. China hawks are preparing to attach new chip restrictions to the defense spending bill after the midterms, and OpenAI isn't weighing in. The timing lines up with its ties to Nvidia, which is lobbying against the restrictions. Nvidia is also: - OpenAI's chip supplier - a $30B equity investor in the company, a deal finalized in February - the sole chip supplier for an Ohio data center OpenAI will lease, where Nvidia is guaranteeing up to $105B for the first phase That is a lot of money tied to one company whose lobbying goals now point the opposite way from OpenAI's earlier public stance. Politico doesn't report any quid pro quo, and I wouldn't assume one. But the silence is convenient for Nvidia, and it's hard to ignore that. Anthropic has gone the other direction. It has backed several of the chip bills, and in September it left a major tech trade association over that group's push to reshape them. ## Questions this post answers ### why did OpenAI stop supporting US export controls on chips to China OpenAI has gone quiet on pushing for strict US limits on advanced chip sales to China after being a vocal supporter in March 2025, according to congressional aides and lobbyists cited by Politico. The shift coincides with Nvidia's $30 billion equity investment in OpenAI finalized in February, and a deal where Nvidia guarantees up to $105 billion for an Ohio data center it will exclusively supply. No quid pro quo has been reported. _Developers tracking how AI chip supply and policy shifts affect compute access follow this on daily.dev._ ### what is Anthropic's position on chip export control bills compared to OpenAI Anthropic has backed several chip export control bills targeting China, taking the opposite stance from OpenAI's current silence. In September, Anthropic left a major tech trade association over that group's push to reshape the proposed chip restrictions, signaling a firmer commitment to strict controls than its rival. _Anyone weighing AI lab trustworthiness on policy issues can keep tabs on this split via daily.dev._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Jensen Huang says Nvidia is pulling back from OpenAI and Anthropic, but his explanation raises more questions than it answers](https://daily.dev/posts/jensen-huang-says-nvidia-is-pulling-back-from-openai-and-anthropic-but-his-explanation-raises-more--nu8imyffv) · TechCrunch · 84 upvotes · 13 comments - [OpenAI and Anthropic now out-lobby Nvidia in Washington](https://daily.dev/posts/openai-and-anthropic-now-out-lobby-nvidia-in-washington-itupuabx6) · The Next Web · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Washington reportedly moves to put AI chips on tighter leash](https://daily.dev/posts/washington-reportedly-moves-to-put-ai-chips-on-tighter-leash-zkotdc3ok) · The Register · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#openai](https://daily.dev/tags/openai), [#nvidia](https://daily.dev/tags/nvidia), [#anthropic](https://daily.dev/tags/anthropic), [#ai-governance](https://daily.dev/tags/ai-governance) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/openai-goes-quiet-on-china-chip-controls-as-congress-prepares-new-limits-axovd0ofp) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"OpenAI goes quiet on China chip controls as Congress prepares new limits","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/openai-goes-quiet-on-china-chip-controls-as-congress-prepares-new-limits-axovd0ofp","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/openai-goes-quiet-on-china-chip-controls-as-congress-prepares-new-limits-axovd0ofp"},"datePublished":"2026-10-20T19:26:37.699Z","dateModified":"2026-10-20T19:27:17.347Z","description":"OpenAI has stopped lobbying for strict US chip export limits on China, Politico reports, after being one of the loudest voices for them last year. 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