Along with owning the popular messaging app WeChat, Tencent is a major name in the gaming industry, as it owns League of Legends<\/em> developer Riot Games<\/a> and has invested in many others<\/a>, including Epic Games, Larian Studios, Ubisoft, and FromSoftware. Meanwhile, CATL is the world\u2019s biggest electric vehicle battery maker<\/a>, with its products appearing across EVs from Tesla, Ford, Volkswagen, BMW, and more.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n These companies don\u2019t always stay on the Department of Defense\u2019s list, as the US removed Chinese phone maker Xiaomi<\/a> just months after adding it in 2021<\/a>. Both Tencent and CATL plan to push back on the designations. \u201cWe are not a military company or supplier,\u201d Tencent spokesperson Danny Marti said in a statement to The Verge<\/em>. \u201cUnlike sanctions or export controls, this listing has no impact on our business. We will nonetheless work with the Department of Defense to address any misunderstanding.\u201d CATL similarly told Bloomberg<\/em> that its inclusion was \u201cclearly a mistake.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n