According to a recent report, a suspected Chinese spy developed a concerning rapport with Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, raising red flags for US intelligence agencies that were secretly monitoring her messages.
The woman in question, Alice Huang, also referred to as Huang Le, is a Chinese national who holds a significant position at Megaspeed, a Singaporean company that is a customer and cloud partner of Nvidia. Megaspeed supplies AI computing resources to various Chinese firms, including Alibaba, as reported by the New York Times.
Intelligence officials in the US suspect that Alice Huang, who has been photographed sharing drinks and meals with the Nvidia chief, was covertly relaying information to the Chinese government. This information comes from sources who have been briefed on classified intelligence matters.
Through electronic surveillance, US authorities identified Jensen Huang among Alice Huang’s contacts; however, there is no evidence suggesting he was aware of her supposed espionage activities.
The specifics of what information was shared, or how critical it was for Chinese interests, remain unknown. The report also did not clarify if their relationship had a romantic aspect.
Images shared online in June 2024 captured them together at a bar in Taipei after a technology exhibition, where they reportedly enjoyed whiskey alongside other prominent figures in AI.
The two were seen again in May 2025 leaving a Taipei restaurant after a business meeting with AI suppliers. A video from that occasion shows Alice Huang standing just behind Jensen Huang, smiling broadly while he converses with local reporters.
Investigations into Megaspeed are ongoing, as there are allegations that the company has assisted Chinese businesses in sidestepping US export restrictions and illegally importing advanced Nvidia chips into China, according to the Times.
The company functions as an intermediary, obtaining Nvidia chips through the US branch of Inspur, a Chinese server manufacturer, and renting computing capacity from its data centers in Southeast Asia to Chinese clients, according to reports.
Inspur’s parent company has been blacklisted by the US government for supplying technology to the Chinese military, though its American subsidiary is not under sanctions, the Times noted.
Nvidia stands as the most valuable publicly-traded company globally, with a market cap around $5.2 trillion.
Its cutting-edge chips are central to the ongoing boom in artificial intelligence, granting Huang significant influence in Silicon Valley and Washington as the US strives to maintain a technological advantage over China. Nvidia has been restricted from selling its top chips to Chinese firms for several years.
Jensen Huang is married to Lori Mills Huang, a relationship that began during their studies in electrical engineering at Oregon State University. They share two children, Spencer and Madison, both of whom are employed at Nvidia.
Around a year ago, President Trump was informed about the intelligence surrounding Alice Huang but opted not to act, apparently out of concern over the potential impact on Nvidia’s profitable chip sales and trade ties with China.
Jensen Huang has forged strong connections with Trump, attending exclusive donor dinners with his wife and reportedly lobbying the president to ensure Nvidia could keep supplying chips to Beijing, according to the Times.
In response to these connections, Nvidia contributed at least $20 million to Trump’s ballroom fund, as reported by sources familiar with the situation.
The chipmaker also announced plans to invest $500 billion in US manufacturing—something Trump prioritized—while Huang successfully urged the administration to ease restrictions on AI firms and chip exports to China.
Though US officials initially believed that Jensen Huang was unaware of Alice Huang’s alleged espionage, some senior members of the Trump administration have started to question whether he could have truly remained in the dark about her role in gathering intelligence for Beijing, as detailed by the Times.
It is still uncertain if US intelligence agencies have altered their assessments in light of these doubts.
Nvidia has dismissed suspicions regarding Jensen Huang’s interactions with Alice Huang, describing Megaspeed as a standard regional cloud customer.
“Jensen’s interactions with Ms. Huang are not unusual or unexpected,” an Nvidia representative stated.
“Meeting with customers is a normal part of a CEO’s responsibilities; Jensen engages with numerous customer executives every year.”
The company emphasized that its regional cloud customers access “ordinary business information—not sensitive Nvidia trade secrets” and “no information related to national security.”
Nvidia highlighted that it regularly receives government information about potentially problematic individuals and companies, reaffirming that it always takes necessary actions.
“We’re confident the US government would notify us if it deemed any person a threat to American industry,” the spokesperson remarked.
The chipmaker also rejected the claims that its technology was being diverted through Megaspeed, stating those allegations were “thoroughly investigated and debunked last year.”
It maintained that China has blocked American AI chips rather than attempting to obtain them via regional cloud providers.
A spokesperson from the Chinese embassy, Liu Chang, responded to these allegations by stating that “China is committed to self-reliance and strength in science and technology, grounded in independent innovation.”
“We urge the US to cease its malicious actions aimed at blocking and suppressing China and to stop making baseless smear campaigns, and instead promote scientific and technological exchanges and collaboration between our countries,” he added.
Inquiries have been sent to the White House and Megaspeed for their comments.
