Nvidia CEO Huang allegedly linked to Singapore exec accused of feeding AI chip intel to China
The New York Times reports U.S. intelligence has tracked Alice Huang, a Singaporean AI firm executive, for over a year. Allegedly, she smuggled $2 billion worth of Nvidia AI chips to China and passed information to Beijing as a Chinese intelligence asset. The investigation began after U.S. officials found Nvidia GPUs still in boxes at her firm’s Malaysia data center, suggesting possible…
Key points
- Alice Huang, Megaspeed’s managing director, allegedly smuggled $2B in Nvidia chips to China and fed intel to Beijing
- U.S. intelligence tracked her for over a year but did not brief President Trump or Jensen Huang, per reports
- Nvidia denies Huang accessed sensitive info, calls her a ‘regional cloud customer’ with no security risks
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang has been photographed with Huang multiple times, including at Computex 2024 and 2025. Nvidia denies Huang received sensitive trade secrets or national security intel, calling her a ‘regional cloud customer.’ U.S. officials claim Huang is unaware of her alleged activities, and Nvidia says it receives government updates on ‘parties and entities of concern.’ The Chinese embassy dismissed the claims as ‘groundless smears.’
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Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang may have been the target of a spy plot through 'Chinese intelligence asset,' report claims — exec from firm under investigation for smuggling banned AI chips to China accused of being a spy, was also feeding information to Beijing
Tom's Hardware · 29 October 2026
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