The US has approved the export of 70,000 artificial intelligence chips.

The United States Department of Commerce plans to approve the sale of 70,000 advanced artificial intelligence chips to the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia. This development is considered a significant step for these Middle Eastern countries in the field of artificial intelligence.

The approval represents a policy change after some government officials previously rejected direct exports to state-backed companies due to security concerns earlier this year.

Under this agreement, U.S. companies will be permitted to share 35,000 units of NVIDIA Corporation’s (NASDAQ:NVDA) GB300 servers or equivalent products with Abu Dhabi-based state-backed AI company G42 and the Saudi government-backed AI initiative Humain.

The GB300 server houses NVIDIA’s Blackwell B300 processor. NVIDIA's competitor Advanced Micro Devices Inc (NASDAQ:AMD) has also struck a separate billion-dollar deal with Humain.

The approval process followed discussions between President Donald Trump and the leaders of both countries. Trump was conducting talks about chip access following his visit to the region in May and continued his discussions this week with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.

The agreements also include security clauses aimed at preventing the chips from benefiting China and the technology company Huawei.