The Wall Street Journal reports U.S. negotiators leveraged a promise of NVIDIA
(NVDA.O) AI chips to help secure last year’s preliminary Armenia‑Azerbaijan
peace accord. To encourage Armenia’s participation, the U.S. expanded
procurement approval authority for chips tied to an Armenian data‑center
project. U.S. officials call the move “chip diplomacy.” The report says the
Trump administration previously used AI hardware in talks with the UAE and Saudi
Arabia, but this is the first publicly reported instance of such leverage to
clinch a peace agreement and it has reportedly deepened ties between the White
House and NVIDIA.
