Nvidia denies that U.S. intelligence agencies surveilled people close to Jensen Huang
Nvidia pushed back against a report claiming that U.S. intelligence agencies surveilled individuals close to CEO Jensen Huang, with the focus on Alice Huang of the Singapore cloud service provider Megaspeed, whom officials allegedly suspected of passing information to Beijing. Nvidia said Megaspeed is one of its regional cloud customers, that contact between Jensen Huang and customer officials is routine, and that allegations that Megaspeed diverted AI chips to China were "thoroughly investigated and disproven last year." The company also said it had not received any warnings from Washington.
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Nvidia pushed back on a report that U.S. intelligence surveilled someone close to CEO Jensen Huang.
The report centres on Alice Huang of Singapore cloud Megaspeed, whom officials reportedly suspected of passing information to Beijing.
Nvidia says Megaspeed is one of its regional cloud customers, and Huang’s contact with its officials is routine since he meets thousands of customers yearly.
On claims that Megaspeed routed AI chips into China, Nvidia says the allegations were “thoroughly investigated and debunked last year.”
The company also signalled it received no warning from Washington, saying the government would tell it if any person threatened American industry.