New Delhi, Jan. 28 -- In a recent chat with CNBC, Alexandr Wang, CEO of Scale AI, made a striking revelation about DeepSeek's hardware stash. According to Wang, DeepSeek is in possession of over 50,000 NVIDIA H100 chips, a massive haul that they are unable to openly discuss due to stringent US export controls.

Wang explained that, "The Chinese labs have more H100s than people think. DeepSeek has more than 50,000 H100s, which they can't talk about because of the export controls that the United States has in place." This comes as the US continues to tighten regulations around semiconductor sales, particularly to China, to maintain a technological edge.

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