Republicans ask Nvidia CEO to brief Congress on alleged Chinese spy ties
Top Republican lawmakers in the U.S. House have written to Nvidia chief Jensen Huang, asking for a closed‑door briefing on November 18. The request follows a New York Times report that a Chinese businesswoman, Alice Huang, a former executive of Singapore‑based Megaspeed, may have passed information to Beijing and that U.S. authorities are probing Megaspeed’s purchases of Nvidia AI chips.
Key points
- Republican House leaders wrote to Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang requesting a November 18 briefing on alleged Chinese espionage ties
- The New York Times reported Alice Huang, former Megaspeed executive, may have passed Nvidia chip information to Beijing
- Nvidia said it shares only ordinary business data with Asian cloud customers and follows U.S. government alerts
The letter, dated November 4, was signed by Committee chairs Brian Mast, John Moolenaar and Intelligence Committee chair Eric Crawford. They cite “significant national security concerns” and want to know Nvidia’s security protocols against foreign‑adversary espionage. Nvidia declined to comment on the letter but said Huang meets “thousands of customer executives every year” and that its Asian cloud customers receive only ordinary business information, not trade secrets tied to U.S. security. The company added it acts on updates from the U.S. government about parties of concern.
The move underscores growing congressional scrutiny of AI chip exports and supply‑chain ties to China, reflecting broader worries about technology leakage and national‑security risks.
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huffpost.com · 4 November 2026
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