{"id":211495,"date":"2025-11-21T10:06:29","date_gmt":"2025-11-21T06:06:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abcmedia.am\/?p=211495"},"modified":"2025-11-21T12:35:49","modified_gmt":"2025-11-21T08:35:49","slug":"deal-between-armenia-and-worlds-most-valuable-company-to-strengthen-us-interests-in-strategic-caucasus-writes-bloomberg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abcmedia.am\/en\/politics\/211495\/","title":{"rendered":"Deal between Armenia and world\u2019s most valuable company to strengthen US interests in strategic Caucasus, writes Bloomberg"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Armenia’s deal with Nvidia will bolster US interests in the strategically vital Caucasus, Bloomberg<\/a> writes.<\/p>\n

As noted, Armenia’s economy is about 160 times smaller than the $4.5 trillion market cap of AI chipmaker Nvidia.<\/p>\n

The tiny Caucasus republic and the world’s most valuable company are now linked after the US government approved the export of Nvidia chips for a planned supercomputer project by AI startup Firebird.<\/p>\n

It’s another example of the chip diplomacy of President Donald Trump’s administration, leveraging US influence through access to technology.<\/p>\n

The Armenia deal will bolster US interest in the Caucasus, a strategically vital part of the world. Trump put his stamp there in August by signing a joint peace declaration with the leaders of Armenia and neighboring Azerbaijan that ended decades of war over the territory of Nagorno-Karabakh.<\/p>\n

The accord gave the US exclusive development rights for a planned transit corridor across Armenia linking Azerbaijan and Nakhijevan.<\/p>\n

That would boost the Caucasus as a trade bridge between Europe and Asia bypassing Russia. And it would expand access to the vast mineral and energy wealth of central Asian states.<\/p>\n

AI is rewiring the world economy. Controlling access to chips gives Trump the chance to tilt the geopolitical balance in America’s favor.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"