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Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang says ties to company under spying probe were ‘normal’

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Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang stated in an interview on October 29 that the company’s dealings with Megaspeed International, a Singapore-based firm currently under investigation by US authorities for alleged spying activities involving Chinese officials, were normal and proper. When asked about his relationship with Alice Huang, a former executive at Megaspeed who is suspected of being a Chinese agent, Huang defended Nvidia’s interactions as typical of those with Chinese business partners. He also confirmed that Nvidia had conducted thorough checks to ensure compliance with US export rules regarding the shipment of AI processors to China.
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As of October 29, 2026, US intelligence agencies reported that Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang had developed a close relationship with Alice Huang, a Singapore-based data center executive suspected of being a Chinese intelligence asset. The CIA believes Alice Huang was smuggling advanced AI microchips to China and passing commercial information to Beijing. This has alarmed the White House and raised national security concerns amid US-China competition in artificial intelligence.

The New York Times reported that Alice Huang, an executive at Megaspeed, had interacted with Jensen Huang, potentially gleaning sensitive information about Nvidia’s technology and business dealings. Megaspeed provides AI computing power to Chinese companies like Alibaba.

China has denied these allegations, stating they are "groundless speculation." The company also claims its leadership took the accusations seriously and appointed external legal advisers for an internal investigation.

On October 31, President Donald Trump voiced his support for Jensen Huang, despite the reported concerns. Trump's stance aligns with Nvidia’s own defense of their CEO’s relationship with Alice Huang.

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Nvidia’s Chief Executive Officer Jensen Huang said the chipmaker’s dealings with Megaspeed International were “normal and not unusual” following a New York Times report that one of the Singapore-based firm’s executives is under investigation for spying on behalf of China.
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🔮 Huang Le, also known as Alice Huang, has previously been pictured with Nvidia’s leader on social media, and the story reports that she may have been serving as a Chinese agent aiming to evade chip export controls.
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Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang says ties to company under spying probe were ‘normal’ · assertive framing

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Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang says ties to company under spying probe were ‘normal’ AI generated asserted
ties → say → probe
Nvidia’s Chief Executive Officer Jensen Huang said the chipmaker’s dealings with Megaspeed International were “normal and not unusual” following a New York Times report that one of the Singapore-based firm’s executives is under investigation for spying on behalf of China. asserted
one → say → China
Nvidia’s relationship with Megaspeed’s officials was proper, and the chipmaker has checked to ensure that Megaspeed didn’t illegally send its artificial intelligence processors to China, Huang said in an interview on Oct 29. asserted
Huang → check → Oct
That country is barred from buying Nvidia’s powerful AI chips – known as graphics processing units, or GPUs – under US export rules. asserted
country → bar → rules
“We’ve studied all their deployments of our GPUs and counted every one,” he said in the interview. asserted
he → study → interview
“And I think the US government also has as well.” asserted
government → think → ?
The remarks follow a Times story that the US government is investigating an executive from Megaspeed for allegedly providing information to the Chinese government. uncertain
government → follow → government
Huang Le, also known as Alice Huang, has previously been pictured with Nvidia’s leader on social media, and the story reports that she may have been serving as a Chinese agent aiming to evade chip export controls. uncertain
she → know → controls
In the interview, Huang said that his interactions with her were typical of those with Chinese customers and executives. asserted
interactions → say → customers
She’s no longer with Megaspeed, he said. asserted
he → ’ → Megaspeed
“Our relationship, our interactions, have been related to Megaspeed, and it was all completely normal and not unusual,” Huang said. asserted
Huang → relate → Megaspeed
The CEO said he hadn’t been informed by the US government of its suspicions about Huang Le. asserted
he → say → Le
The growing geopolitical rivalry between the US and China has led to increasing clampdowns by Washington on exports of key American technology. asserted
rivalry → grow → technology
That has cut off Nvidia from a lucrative source of revenue in China, the largest market for chips. asserted
That → cut → chips
The company has received some latitude to ship a limited amount of older AI-related products to the Asian country under the Trump administration. asserted
company → receive → administration
That approval hasn’t resulted in a material amount of shipments, at least in part because Beijing has sought to limit the deliveries itself in an effort to foster its own chip industry. asserted
Beijing → result → industry
Nonetheless, the restrictions on exports have led to investigations and charges of smuggling of Nvidia’s best products to China – something the company has said is an insignificant issue. asserted
company → lead → China
Megaspeed is one of a group of companies that Bloomberg News and others have reported may have tried to illegally divert shipments of chips intended for data centers outside of China into that country. uncertain
News → report → country
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