By Fanny PotkinSINGAPORE, Jan 30 (Reuters) - China has given its top AI startup DeepSeek approval to buy Nvidia's H200 artificial intelligence chips with regulatory conditions that ​are still being finalised, two people familiar with the matter told Reuters. Reuters reported ‌on Wednesday, citing sources, that ByteDance, Alibaba and Tencent had been given permission to purchase more than 400,000 H200 ‌chips in total. The H200, Nvidia's second most powerful AI chip, has emerged as a major flashpoint in U.S.-China relations. Any purchases of H200 chips by DeepSeek could draw ‍scrutiny by U.S lawmakers. DeepSeek is expected to launch its next-generation AI ‌model V4, featuring strong coding capabilities, in mid-February, The Information reported earlier this ‌month.