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“And it’s also blatantly obvious that this isn’t the only Chinese (or otherwise sanctioned nation) firm acquiring or buying NVIDIA’s Blackwell chips.”

Jensen's Bizarre Adventure, paragraph 88.

Our reading:

It is blatantly obvious that Megaspeed is not the only Chinese (or otherwise sanctioned-nation) firm acquiring or buying NVIDIA's Blackwell chips.

Assessment: Supported

What happened

Was it true for the period described?

Outcome: Supported

The evidence matches what they said.

Judged on a plain reading. They named no measure, so we used the reading a typical informed reader would take. It is spelled out under “How we judged it”.

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Why

Bloomberg's document-based report identifies Lingmeixin, a Beijing company distinct from Megaspeed, as the purchaser and owner of B300 servers. That supports the narrow factual claim that another Chinese firm acquired Blackwell hardware. Moonshot's denial matters for the alleged rental, but does not directly rebut the identified owner's purchase. The evidence does not establish illegal export or NVIDIA's knowledge.

Caveats

  • Relies on reputable reporting about records rather than independently inspected contracts.
  • Does not validate the speaker's certainty or the surrounding allegations of illegality.

Evidence (1 item)

  • Supports the claim: Bloomberg, syndicated by Yahoo Finance,

    Lingmeixin purchased the servers

    Why it matters: Bloomberg identifies the equipment as B300 servers and Lingmeixin, a Beijing company, as their purchaser and owner under August financing contracts. Moonshot disputed its involvement, but the supporting example is the reported hardware purchaser rather than Moonshot's disputed rental.

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    Bloomberg, syndicated by Yahoo Finance
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How we judged it

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Where we had to interpret

  • The factual core is that at least one Chinese or sanctioned-country firm besides Megaspeed has acquired Blackwell hardware.
  • Buying servers containing the chips qualifies. Merely discussing a purchase or accessing an unspecified cloud service does not.
  • The claim does not require a direct purchase from NVIDIA or proof that the acquisition was illegal.
  • I read the statement as an acquisition-status observation through the post date. Earlier completed acquisitions can establish that another firm has obtained the hardware; no starting date is supplied.

Right if: Credible transaction records or reporting based on such records identify another qualifying firm that acquired Blackwell chips or servers containing them by the post date.

Wrong if: Comprehensive reliable records establish that Megaspeed was the only qualifying acquirer, or establish that all identified additional acquisitions were fictitious or involved other chip generations.

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Full record

Source and dates

Where's Your Ed At, Jensen's Bizarre Adventure, paragraph 88.

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We read this wording on 2026-11-11. The post may have been edited after 2026-11-10.

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  • : Where's Your Ed At, Jensen's Bizarre Adventure

    And it’s also blatantly obvious that this isn’t the only Chinese (or otherwise sanctioned nation) firm acquiring or buying NVIDIA’s Blackwell chips.

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  • Current: Supported. Evidence up to 2026-11-11.

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