Three chairs of US House committees have asked Jensen Huang, CEO of Nvidia, to attend a closed-door briefing on November 18 to explain his contact with Alice Huang, a Chinese executive US intelligence agencies describe as an agent of Beijing. The request was sent on November 4, and Huang has until November 11 to accept the date or propose another.
According to the New York Times, which first reported the case on October 29, US intelligence believes Alice Huang — also known as Huang Le, a former executive at Singapore-based data center operator Megaspeed International — was passing information to the Chinese government and developed a close relationship with Nvidia's CEO. The newspaper also said President Donald Trump was briefed on the findings about a year ago and chose not to act.
The US intelligence memo
On November 6, the Times reported that a US intelligence memo circulated among senior US officials earlier this year states that China's Ministry of State Security recruited Alice Huang to gather information about American AI chips and possibly to influence Huang to push for China's access to Nvidia's most advanced processors. The Financial Times reported that the same memo describes a romantic relationship between the two.
The letter to Nvidia's CEO was signed by Brian Mast (Foreign Affairs Committee), John Moolenaar (Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party) and Rick Crawford (Intelligence Committee). The requested briefing on November 18 would take place one day after Nvidia reports quarterly results, scheduled for November 17.
Nvidia's response
An Nvidia spokesperson told the Times that Jensen Huang's interactions with Alice Huang were “not unusual or unexpected” and that the company does not share classified information with customers. On earlier suspicions that Megaspeed diverted chips, the company said they were “thoroughly investigated and debunked last year.” The White House and the CIA declined to comment.
Singapore's Ministry of Home Affairs said on October 31 that the country's authorities had not investigated Alice Huang's alleged links to Chinese intelligence. China also rejected the allegations on October 30.
The case adds to scrutiny of Nvidia's business with China. According to trade records cited by the Times, Megaspeed affiliates bought at least $4.8 billion in equipment incorporating Nvidia technology between June 2024 and February 2026, while the company was already under investigation over suspected chip diversion to China in violation of US export controls. This week, Geekiki reported that the US cleared sales of Nvidia H200 chips to a Chinese company with an empty office address.
What is still not established
no report says Jensen Huang knew about the alleged recruitment, and no one has been formally charged — neither Alice Huang nor Megaspeed. It is also unclear what information was allegedly passed to Beijing or whether confidential Nvidia material was involved. The allegations rest on an intelligence memo that has not been released publicly.
Sources: TechCrunch; TechSpot; EE News Europe; TFTC.
Image: Jensen Huang speaking at Stanford University on April 30, 2026. Photo: Anders Eidesvik, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
Transparency note: this article was produced with the help of artificial intelligence, based on cross-checking published reporting and public posts on X, and reviewed against the original sources. The allegations cited are attributed to their sources — including the New York Times and the Financial Times — and have not been independently confirmed by Geekiki. Please consult the original sources to verify the details.
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