<div id="readability-page-1"><div><p><span>Chinese AI model developers are back in the spotlight, after Nvidia Corp. </span><span> Chief Executive Jensen Huang joined President Donald Trump's trip to Beijing and fueled investor hopes that China's leading AI firms could possibly gain wider access to Nvidia's advanced chips. MiniMax Group Inc. rose about 18%, while Knowledge Atlas Technology Joint Stock Co., known as Zhipu, surged about 37%, as traders treated Huang's last-minute addition to Trump's China visit as a potentially meaningful signal ahead of a high-stakes Beijing summit.</span></p><p><span>The move adds another layer to a trade that has already been building around MiniMax and Zhipu, two companies that have recently dominated China's version of the global AI rally on optimism around their cost-driven competitiveness. Still, the bigger question remains access to compute. More advanced semiconductors, including Nvidia's H200 chips, are widely viewed as a key bottleneck for China's ambitions to build a token-based economy. Jian Shi Cortesi of Gam Investment Management said Zhipu and MiniMax appeared to be moving on the view that Huang's presence could raise the odds of onshore large language models gaining access to better Nvidia chips, while Bloomberg Intelligence analyst Marvin Chen said the optics point to possible negotiations around Nvidia supplying China again.</span></p><p><span>That policy backdrop remains complicated. Trump's team granted H200 licenses several months ago, Nvidia secured Trump's support for H200 exports in December, and some initial US licenses followed in early 2026. Huang said in March that Nvidia had received Washington's permission to ship to many customers in China and was increasing H200 production after receiving official purchase orders from Chinese firms, which indicated Beijing had approved the sales. Zhipu's latest move pushed its shares to a record and extended gains since its January listing debut to almost 900%, helped further by a new Artificial Intelligence website ranking that placed Zhipu's model fifth globally, behind models from Anthropic and OpenAI, while ranking it as the best-rated open-source model globally.</span></p></div></div>

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<p>Zhipu's shares surged nearly 900% since its IPO, driven by optimism around Nvidia's CEO Jensen Huang's visit to China, which raised hopes for better access to advanced chips. MiniMax also saw an 18% rise. Analysts suggest this could lead to negotiations for Nvidia supplying China, despite a complex policy backdrop. Zhipu's AI model ranked fifth globally, enhancing its market position.</p>

- Chinese AI model developers are gaining attention following Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang's appearance at President Trump's Beijing visit, sparking optimism about access to advanced Nvidia chips.  
- MiniMax Group Inc. and Zhipu's stocks surged due to expectations that this signifies potential access to better semiconductors essential for China's AI ambitions.  
- Despite the excitement, access to Nvidia's advanced chips remains a critical challenge amidst a complex policy backdrop regarding semiconductor exports to China.

Nvidia China Optics Send Zhipu Shares Up Nearly 900% Since IPO