(Reuters) -Nvidia has added about 200 people in China this year to boost its research capabilities and focus on new autonomous driving technologies, Bloomberg News reported on Wednesday.
Over the past few years, it has expanded in the country to nearly 600 people in Beijing, and recently opened a new office in the Zhongguancun technology hub, the report said, citing people familiar with the matter.
The artificial intelligence chipmaker employed about 29,600 people in 36 countries at the end of fiscal 2024, according to a document published by Nvidia (NASDAQ:) in February.
Nvidia declined to comment on the Bloomberg report.
The company is under investigation in China for suspected violations of the country’s anti-monopoly law, an investigation widely seen as a retaliation against Washington’s latest measures against China’s chip sector.
China accounted for about 17% of Nvidia’s revenue in the year to the end of January, up from 26% two years earlier.
