Nvidia has hired Bruce Andrews, a former executive at Intel, to lead the chipmaker's government affairs operations, according to Pulse 2.0.
Andrews brings Washington experience from his time at Intel, one of the companies most deeply enmeshed in years of lobbying around semiconductor policy, export controls, and the federal CHIPS Act funding process.
The move signals that Nvidia is investing more heavily in its political and regulatory footprint. The company has become one of the most consequential players in global technology policy debates — its AI chips sit at the center of U.S. export restrictions aimed at limiting China's access to advanced computing hardware, and it has faced intense scrutiny from lawmakers and regulators on both sides of the Atlantic.
Having a seasoned industry hand with government-facing experience could help Nvidia navigate an increasingly complex policy environment, from trade controls to antitrust questions around AI infrastructure dominance.
The hire matters because as governments around the world race to shape the rules of AI and chip supply chains, the companies with the best relationships in those corridors of power will have an outsized say in how those rules get written.