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On October 30, 2026, Nvidia responded to an investigative report by The New York Times. The report said that when U.S. intelligence agencies were investigating the chip transshipment issue, they surveilled individuals close to Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang and identified Alice Huang, an executive at the Singapore cloud service provider Megaspeed, as a suspected Chinese government intelligence officer. An Nvidia spokesperson said that Megaspeed is merely a regional cloud customer of Nvidia, that it is normal for Jensen Huang to communicate with thousands of customers each year, and that allegations that Megaspeed evaded export controls were thoroughly investigated and clarified last year, and that customers cannot access Nvidia's trade secrets or related national security information. Nvidia also said that if the U.S. government believes anyone poses a threat to American industry, it will inform the company.
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New York Times investigation claims Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang may be a target of Chinese intelligence activities
A New York Times investigative report claims that Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang may be a target of Chinese intelligence activities, and that the US has identified Alice Huang, an executive at the Singapore data center company Megaspeed who has close ties to him, as a suspected Chinese government intelligence operative. Alice Huang is a Chinese citizen; Megaspeed purchases chips from Nvidia and sells computing power to Chinese AI labs including Alibaba. While conducting electronic surveillance of the company over suspected improper resale of advanced Nvidia chips to China, the US found that she was also suspected of passing information to the Chinese government. Nvidia responded that Huang's contact with Alice Huang was not unusual and that customers such as Megaspeed would not receive sensitive trade secrets.
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US investigates Chinese espionage targeting Nvidia CEO
According to The New York Times, citing anonymous sources, an executive at Singapore-based AI cloud company Megaspeed, Alice Huang (Huang Le), who is accused of illegally selling Nvidia chips to China, may also be a Chinese spy. US intelligence agencies have surveilled her for about a year, focusing on whether her close relationship with Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang was used to obtain information about Nvidia's shipment plans to China. An Nvidia spokesperson denied this claim to TechCrunch, saying that Jensen Huang's interactions with the executive were no different from those with other regional customers, and that regional cloud customers only receive ordinary commercial information, not sensitive trade secrets or national security information. In 2025, The New York Times reported that the US Department of Commerce had opened an investigation into Megaspeed for helping Chinese companies circumvent AI chip export controls.
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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.
Oct 29
CNBC Technology
Nvidia Responds to New York Times Report: People Close to Jensen Huang Suspected of Being Chinese Intelligence Assets; Chip Transshipment Allegations Were Investigated and Clarified Last Year
An Nvidia spokesperson said that Alice Huang, whom The New York Times described as being close to Jensen Huang and suspected by U.S. intelligence agencies of being a Chinese intelligence asset, is associated with the Singapore-based cloud service provider Megaspeed, and that Megaspeed is merely a regional cloud customer of Nvidia; it is normal for Jensen Huang to communicate with thousands of customers each year. The spokesperson said that allegations that Megaspeed evaded export controls were thoroughly investigated and clarified last year, and that customers cannot access Nvidia's trade secrets or related national security information. Nvidia also said that if the U.S. government believes anyone poses a threat to American industry, it will inform the company.
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