Alice Huang suspected Chinese spy Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang relationship, Digi Mart USA News: Suspected spies are typically expected to keep their relationships out of public view, but Alice Huang did not appear to follow that approach in her pursuit of Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang. A trail of social media photographs and videos shows the suspected Chinese agent and the billionaire chief executive dining together, at least once apparently alone, and mixing at industry events for at least two years before questions were raised about their ties.
Huang, the Chinese chief executive of Singapore-based data centre company Megaspeed International, is described by her fluent English and polished demeanor, which reportedly allowed her to move easily among America’s AI elite. The two share a surname but are not related.
Peter Schmitt, chief executive of a data software company, told the New York Times last year that during a night out with tech executives, Alice Huang said, “I bet you guys I can get Jensen here,” and Jensen Huang immediately showed up. Pictures from the occasion show her seated next to the Nvidia chief as he drank a shot of whisky with the group.
Nvidia said at the time that Jensen Huang had planned to attend the bar anyway.
On a separate occasion in Taipei, she was seen placing her hand briefly on the small of the 63-year-old’s back and kissing him on the cheek. She then stood in the background as he greeted a crowd of admirers, and the pair were later seen leaving in the same car.
Nvidia has maintained that nothing was amiss. As recently as late last month, a company spokesperson said: “Jensen’s interactions with Ms Huang are not unusual or unexpected.
Meetings with customers are part of a CEO’s job.”
Nvidia’s share price fell sharply on Monday, a move that reflected investor concern about the relationship. The pair appear to have known each other since at least 2024, a year after Megaspeed was formed in 2023.
It has now emerged that for at least a year between 2024 and early 2026, unnamed U.S. intelligence agencies conducted electronic surveillance on Alice Huang and gathered details about her relationship with the Nvidia chief.
The surveillance reportedly took place amid suspicions that Megaspeed, which was based in Singapore after splitting from Chinese gaming company 7Road, used its role as a data centre provider to buy and smuggle Nvidia chips into China in breach of American export controls. Between June 2024 and February 2026, Megaspeed placed orders worth $4.8bn with Nvidia, making it one of the chip giant’s biggest Asian customers.
The company, which describes itself as a “premier business partner of Nvidia,” has strongly denied any wrongdoing and says it complied with all relevant export regulations.
U.S. intelligence services have reportedly indicated that they believe Alice Huang was an asset of China’s Ministry of State Security, passing undisclosed information to Beijing.
What Beijing’s intelligence chiefs may have sought from the alleged operation against Jensen Huang is unknown, though any effort to persuade him to use his influence with Donald Trump to allow chip exports would have benefited China.
Information about Alice Huang’s own background is limited. A LinkedIn profile apparently belonging to her revealed only a photograph.
Reports based on scant sources, including a profile on a Chinese investment fund, claim she also known as Huang Le once worked for about four years as a television reporter for a local station in Hunan province before moving to China’s state broadcaster, CCTV. A senior executive at the Hunan TV station reportedly said this week that he had never heard of her.
She reportedly later moved into finance, working for several Chinese and international banks, including HSBC, and Shanghai-based Hexi Capital. Company records obtained by The i Paper show she was named managing director of Megaspeed on official records for eight months after its establishment in March 2023, and was later referred to as chief executive.
Megaspeed also took on the registration of 7Road International PTE, founded in 2015, with a nominal value of 10 million Singapore dollars (£5.6 million).
It is unknown when Alice Huang first met the Nvidia founder or when she is suspected of having been recruited by Beijing’s spies; according to reports, the recruitment came after she had formed the relationship. Once suspicions about Megaspeed’s activities became known last year, she appears to have left any official role with the company.
Megaspeed was approached for comment. Her current whereabouts are unknown.
