Hello, Beatrice Nolan here, filling in for Jeremy Kahn. The AI industry has been mulling a key question recently: Is China pulling ahead in the AI race? It’s a debate sparked by Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, who made headlines last week after stating that “China is going to win the AI race.” Huang cited Western cynicism, export restrictions, and China’s advantageous energy situation, noting that companies find it far easier to secure energy supplies there. Huang later walked back the comments in a statement shared to Nvidia’s X account, clarifying that China was, in fact, “nanoseconds behind America in the…