Nvidia, the American Based Top AI Chip maker company, released its earnings for the second quarter of 2025 and it’s fair to say that they’re a bold statement against political control and unfair regulations. The company’s  $46.7 billion quarter tells a story of corporate resilience in the face of political maneuvering.  

After being banned by China over security concerns and president Trump’s unprecedented demand of requiring a 15% government fee on any trade deal with China, conventional wisdom and basic market rules predicted a disaster for the company. 

Yet, the company achieved a 56% year-over-year growth. The most legit explanation for it would be that the company abandoned its supply of the controversial H20 Chip to China and explored new markets that proved a masterstroke. 

The Multinational Explores Multi Markets 

China, which was supposed to be the biggest importer of Nvidia’s AI chips, was also the company’s biggest headache. If sometimes it was the Trump administration making it difficult for the company to do their business with China then on other times it was China itself that waged a ban over Nvidia across their private sector. 

Well, now they finally decided to diversify their income stream and export their product in small numbers to a huge clientele and then move to exporting large amounts to China only. The strategy worked and hence the $650 million worth of Chip sale to non-chinese market did what it did for Nvidia. 

The AI Armour 

Achieving the feat of 72% gross margins amid the political control and US-China trade fiasco signals the significance of AI infrastructure for normal market forces. This race of AI superiority has provided companies like Nvidia a seller market so big that a single country’s sales decline or any manipulative governmental regulations could hinder their way to profit.  Jensen Huang is no longer selling chips, his shop has a computational advantage and there is no shortage for buyers of it in the market right now. 

The Post-Globalization Business Model 

The age of gate-keeping and siloed trade laws is over. Now the whole world is a market place for anyone who’s selling. Nvidia’ successful quarter establishes that modern businesses operate differently. They’re diversified enough to survive any political upheaval, which is in this case US-China trade relations, and specialized enough to command a premium pricing, as Nvidia is expecting $54 billion in their next quarter. 

But the strategy isn’t a new one. Nvidia is only following the suit of its fellow corporations like Apple and Microsoft, that also diversified their market capitalization to South-East Asia. When giant corporations like Nvidia, Apple, and Microsoft can shrug off governmental trade restrictions while maintaining jaw dropping profitability, it is about time that the government admit this sobering reality that in the age of technological revolution, those who own computational infrastructure own the future.


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