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The antitrust question is moving up the stack: What California's new push and NVIDIA's ...

2 September 2026 · By · Wire by Fusion42

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2 September 2026

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Fusion42 · 2 September 2026 · Fusion42 review

California's proposed Assembly Bill 1776 aims to expand state antitrust laws to regulate single-firm conduct, prompted by NVIDIA's pause on its AI Compute Partnership Program which combined chip supply, financing, and revenue sharing, raising antitrust concerns in AI financing infrastructure.

This Wire brief sits within Fusion42's coverage of Semiconductors.

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California's new antitrust law targets how dominant firms blend product supply with financing and market control. You should reassess partnerships and business models where a single supplier or financier controls multiple links in your value chain.

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