Chinese GPU start-up Moore Threads to cut jobs after US sanctions: report
- Moore Threads CEO and founder said the job cuts would allow the company to consolidate resources and focus on GPU development
- Despite the looming lay-offs, Zhang brushed off the suggestion that this was ‘a moment of darkness’ for China’s GPU development

Chinese graphic processing unit (GPU) start-up Moore Threads Intelligent Technology, which was added to a US trade blacklist last month, will start to lay off workers, according to local media reports, citing an internal letter by its founder.
The job cuts will be finalised this week, according to Chinese media Jiemian News on Monday, which cited an internal letter from company CEO Jams Zhang Jianzhong.
Moore Threads did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Zhang said in the letter that it was a tough but necessary decision for the sake of the company’s development. The job cuts would also consolidate resources to focus on its GPU development.
Both of the newly sanctioned Chinese companies have ties to the US. Biren was founded in Shanghai in 2019 by Wall Street veteran and Harvard Law School graduate Michael Zhang Wen, while Zhang was former general manager of Nvidia China before establishing his Beijing-based start-up in October 2020.
