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Alleged Chinese spy had ‘close relationship’ with Nvidia boss Jensen Huang: NY Times

Intelligence agencies allege Alice Huang funneled information to Beijing, while trade records show a related firm purchased $4.8 billion in Nvidia AI equipment, according to government data.

  • A explosive New York Times report revealed that U.S. intelligence agencies scrutinised interactions between Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang and Alice Huang , a former executive at Singapore-based cloud provider Megaspeed suspected of being a Chinese intelligence asset.
  • Federal investigators launched a probe into Megaspeed after Commerce Department officials inspected a Malaysian data center in late 2024 and found boxed Nvidia hardware suspected of being illicitly diverted to Chinese tech firms, including Alibaba, in circumvention of export controls.
  • Intelligence surveillance revealed that Alice Huang cultivated a close relationship with Jensen Huang, raising counterintelligence concerns over whether Beijing sought insights into Trump administration chip policy or Nvidia’s proprietary operations.
  • President Trump was briefed on the intelligence findings roughly a year ago but took no action, reportedly to avoid disrupting Nvidia’s commercial sales, destabilizing markets, or escalating U.S.-China trade tensions.
  • Nvidia strongly defended its executive, stating that Jensen Huang meets with thousands of customer leaders annually, received no defensive briefing from law enforcement, and shared only standard business information—with zero access given to trade secrets or national security secrets.
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Jensen Huang, CEO of chip manufacturer Nvidia, maintained close ties with a Chinese businesswoman who provided intelligence to the government in Beijing, according to US security services. This is reported by The New York Times. According to Paul Verhagen, author of the book *The Tectonic Shift* and affiliated with The Hague Centre for Strategic Studies, this marks a ‘strange and uncomfortable point’ in the global battle for the best tech.

·Amsterdam, Netherlands (Kingdom of the)
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A director of a Singapore company, suspected of sending advanced chips to China Nvidia, was actually a Chinese intelligence agent and had come very close to Jensen Huang, the chief of...

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The ‘Chinese spy’ suspected of targeting the CEO of the world’s most valuable company

A Chinese businesswoman who had a close relationship with Nvidia chief Jensen Huang was suspected of passing intelligence to Beijing. Donald Trump’s reaction is under scrutiny.

·North Sydney, Australia
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Jensen Huang, director general of Nvidia, would have maintained close ties with a Chinese businesswoman suspected of being a Beijing agent, according to The New York Times.

·Bucharest, Romania
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National Review broke the news in New York, United States on Thursday, October 29, 2026.
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