Nvidia's (NVDA) top lawyer reportedly contacted Commerce before its Megaspeed chip probe was paused

Key points Nvidia's lawyer reportedly invoked a top Commerce official What Megaspeed's website still says about the probe What Trump said about the FBI and Jensen Huang Nvidia (NVDA) general counsel Tim Teter emailed Commerce Department investigators in August 2025 seeking information about their probe of Megaspeed, an Nvidia customer, The New York Times reported on Monday. Teter said a senior Commerce official had given Nvidia permission to reach out. The Justice Department later asked Commerce to pause its work on the case, and Commerce complied, the Times reported. The newspaper said it isn't clear what prompted Teter's outreach or whether other factors led to the pause. Nvidia shares were at $177.41 in premarket trading at 8:30 a.m. ET on Tuesday, down 0.7% from Monday's close of $178.67. Megaspeed is a Singapore-based data center company that US officials suspected of smuggling Nvidia AI chips into China.

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