Nvidia
Dominant maker of GPUs and AI accelerator chips. As the primary hardware supplier powering AI training and inference, Nvidia's lobbying focuses heavily on chip export controls, AI infrastructure policy, and maintaining its market position in the face of growing geopolitical tensions around AI compute.
Nvidia spent $2.1M on federal AI lobbying in Q1 2026, with $8.0M in total tracked spending. The company is active in 3 states and focuses on chip export controls and trade policy, gpu and ai accelerator regulation, ai infrastructure and data center policy.
Federal Lobbying by Quarter
Public Position
Opposes broad export controls on AI chips, arguing they harm American competitiveness while failing to prevent adversaries from obtaining alternative compute. Supports investment in domestic AI infrastructure and semiconductor manufacturing. Favors targeted rather than blanket restrictions on chip sales.
Policy Focus Areas
Key Lobbyists
Bills Lobbied On
- 📋CHIPS and Science Act implementation and funding
- 📋Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) export control rules on AI chips
- 📋H.R. 3369 (National AI Commission Act)
- 📋S. 2714 (SAFE Innovation Framework Act)
- 📋H.R. 4425 (Data Center Energy Efficiency Act)
Notable Actions
- →Aggressively lobbied against Biden and Trump administration AI chip export controls to China
- →CEO Jensen Huang personally met with members of Congress to argue against export restrictions
- →Designed China-specific chips (H800, L20) to comply with export rules while preserving market access
- →Became the world's most valuable company driven by AI chip demand, amplifying its lobbying influence