Alice Huang, who is also known as Huang Le, has reportedly established a close connection with Nvidia’s CEO, Jensen Huang, while allegedly sharing sensitive information with the Chinese Communist Party, according to insights from U.S. intelligence officials, as cited by the New York Times.
Her online profile highlights an impressive career that includes roles at various Chinese television networks, HSBC bank, CITIC Securities, and a Shanghai investment fund. It might seem just a little excessive, maybe even too good to be true.
An executive at Hunan TV, who wished to remain anonymous, commented on her: “I have not heard of her.”
Questions arose about her claimed experience in media when no listing for her name appeared on Hunan TV or CCTV’s official sites. “If someone really worked for Hunan TV as a reporter, you could easily see their names or profiles on the company website.”
Though Huang Le is considered a successful business figure and has not been explicitly charged with any crime, there are no familial ties to the Nvidia boss. While the Times described their relationship as “close,” it couldn’t clarify just how intimate it was.
A profile from the Chinese fund database Simuwang refers to “Huang Le, fund manager” at Shanghai Hexi Investment, suggesting her background includes work at both Hunan TV and CCTV.
An Nvidia spokesperson defended the interactions by stating, “Jensen’s interactions with Ms. Huang are not unusual or unexpected. Meetings with customers are part of a CEO’s job; Jensen talks with thousands of customer executives every year.”
Interestingly, Huang Le was involved with Megaspeed, a relatively obscure chip firm from Singapore, which secured at least $4.8 billion in Nvidia products over a span of 20 months, according to the Times.
Her background reflects a compelling career narrative, appearing on Simuwang as a fund manager linked to Shanghai Hexi Investment Management.
Her professional history includes roles as a reporter for Hunan TV and CCTV, and as an assistant to the president of HSBC’s private-banking division. Still, neither HSBC nor CITIC Securities responded to inquiries for comment.
Megaspeed, initially connected with 7Road, a Chinese online gaming entity partly funded by governmental bodies, reportedly made investments in 7Road through Huang Le’s investment fund.
Despite being classified as a non-Chinese company, Megaspeed has been reportedly involved in renting computing power to Chinese firms like Alibaba, which raises eyebrows.
They reportedly imported around 136,000 Nvidia GPUs, but inspectors only found a few thousand at their data center. This has led to suspicions regarding the whereabouts of the remainder.
The U.S. Commerce Department investigated whether Megaspeed had participated in chip smuggling into China, forwarding findings to the Justice Department. Huang Le was questioned by Singaporean authorities in 2025 but was released without charges.
In response to the allegations, a spokesperson from the Chinese Embassy stated, “China opposes vilifying Chinese citizens by peddling the so-called ‘Chinese spy’ narrative.”
For its part, Megaspeed has mentioned initiating an external legal investigation but hasn’t commented further. Attempts to reach Huang Le were unsuccessful.
Meanwhile, China’s censorship apparatus seems to be functioning. For instance, the AI chatbot DeepSeek in China declined to confirm connections between Huang Le and Megaspeed. When asked, it simply replied, “Sorry, that’s beyond my current scope. Let’s talk about something else.”
Notably, during a previous evaluation, DeepSeek avoided addressing about 85% of sensitive questions regarding China.
