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Nvidia, a member of Wall Street’s “Magnificent Seven” stock group, has registered as a DC lobbyist.
The Santa Clara-based company is the leader in the production of artificial intelligence semiconductors, which are largely manufactured in Taiwan.
Its stock took a hit following president Trump’s Liberation Day announcement, which slapped a 32 percent tariff on goods from Taiwan.
Nvidia’s lobbying push is headed by VP-external affairs Ned Finkle, a 23-year veteran at Nvidia. He also did a 10-year run at Advanced Micro Devices.
He is joined by senior director government affairs Stewart Barber, who did a two-year stint in Trump’s first administration as special assistant to the president for international initiatives.
Finkle and Barber will deal with a wide range of AI issues related to US semiconductor, computer technology, workforce development, trade & export controls and energy.
Nvidia’s stock is trading at $106.30. They ranged in price from $153.13 and $75.61 over the past 52 weeks.
Abbvie has retained Trump-connected Winston-Salem-based Checkmate Government Relations for healthcare matters and issues related to the life sciences sector.
Netflix has retained Bloom Strategic Counsel for regulatory matters regarding its proposed $83B merger with Warner Bros. Discovery.
Anthropic, developer of the Claude chatbot, hires Democratic-connected Avenue Solutions for DC representation.
Netflix has hired Avoq for DC representation regarding matters concerning the media and telecommunications sectors.
Scouting America has signed on Alpine Group for matters related to support of the organization from the Department of Defense and Congress.
