US Officials Say Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang Had Affair With Chinese Spy
Nvidia has launched an independent board investigation after reports emerged that the company's chief executive was in a relationship with an executive linked to Chinese intelligence.
By Alyssa Parker ·
US intelligence agencies believe an executive at a Singapore cloud provider is a Chinese spy who maintained an extramarital relationship with Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang.
The executive, identified as Alice Huang, works for Megaspeed. US officials told The New York Times that Megaspeed serves as a conduit for a network of Chinese firms seeking to acquire advanced American chips in bulk. Alibaba is reportedly one of the firm's largest customers.
Between June 2024 and February 2026, a sister company of Megaspeed based in Malaysia purchased at least $4.8 billion in Nvidia technology, according to trade records cited by The New York Times. These transaction volumes were unusually large for a small entity in a market where Nvidia hardware is scarce.
The relationship between the two Huangs began as a professional connection. Nvidia spokespeople initially described their interactions as standard business meetings. Photos from a bar in Taipei in June 2024 show the pair with other AI executives. By May 2025, they had attended a business dinner together in the same city.
US officials stated they had been monitoring the Megaspeed executive for months before confirming her close contact with Jensen Huang. A classified memo circulated among administration officials in the spring of 2026 warned of her involvement in surveillance for China's Ministry of State Security.
The timing of the relationship coincided with Jensen Huang's active lobbying of the Trump administration to ease export controls on advanced semiconductors. In July 2025, the CEO met with President Trump in the Oval Office to argue for looser restrictions. Days later, the administration approved the sale of Nvidia's H20 chips to China.
Huang continued to push for access to the Chinese market. In October 2025, he lobbied for the sale of more advanced chips ahead of a summit between Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping. Trump initially declined the proposal but reversed course in December 2025. He allowed Nvidia to sell H20 chips to a specific list of approved customers in exchange for a 25 percent government cut of the sales.
Trump said on a press briefing that he was unaware of the alleged spy connection before his May trip to China. He noted that he had not taken immediate action upon receiving the intelligence briefing a year prior. He later invited Jensen Huang to join his delegation to China despite the executive initially being left off the list.
Nvidia announced on Sunday that its board has started an independent investigation into the national security allegations. The company stated it has no reason to believe national security or corporate secrets were compromised. Jensen Huang will not control the selection of investigators.
In an internal memo to employees, Jensen Huang apologized to his family and said his actions hurt his wife and children. He stated he is fully committed to leading the company. Trump defended the CEO this weekend, calling him an honorable guy who probably has an excuse. Nvidia currently holds a market capitalization of roughly $4.25 trillion.
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