A bipartisan House panel released a report Wednesday accusing DeepSeek of posing a “profound threat” to U.S. national security, alleging the Chinese AI startup harvests user data on behalf of the Chinese government,

Chinese artificial intelligence firm DeepSeek is a “profound threat” to US national security, a bipartisan House committee said, urging Nvidia Corp. to hand over information on sales of chips that the startup may have used to develop its breakthrough chatbot model.

The Trump administration is considering a broader ban on DeepSeek in the US and is investigating how Nvidia chips ended up in China.

This week, the Trump administration moved to restrict Nvidia’s sale of AI chips to China, and it is weighing penalties that will block DeepSeek from buying U.S. technology due to national security concerns. Trump’s government is also debating banning Americans from accessing DeepSeek services.

National security concerns grow as Washington eyes Chinese AI startup DeepSeek and pressures Nvidia over tech transfers.