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US sanctions MiraclePlus and four affiliates over stolen Google TPU trade secrets
verifiedLegalFounder
Tuesday, October 20, 2026
Confidence
High · — primary government action with named designees
Evidence
State Department sanctions announcement + Bloomberg + UPI
The State Department sanctioned the Beijing venture firm that seeded a startup built on stolen Google TPU designs, extending enforcement from the engineer to his backers.
- State sanctioned five China entities tied to Linwei Ding under the Protecting American Intellectual Property Act.
- MiraclePlus is the remnant of Y Combinator China, spun out in 2019 under Qi Lu.
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