US officials allege Megaspeed executive targeted Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang
Original title: What could China get from Jensen Huang?
Officials cited by the Times say she funneled information to China as Nvidia lobbied to loosen chip export controls.
The Verge reports that US officials believe Alice Huang, an executive at Singapore cloud provider Megaspeed, is a Chinese intelligence asset who was in close contact with Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang. Megaspeed is a top Nvidia customer; Alibaba is reportedly among its top customers, and a Malaysia sister company spent $4.8 billion or more on Nvidia chips and technology from June 2024 to February 2026. Nvidia had called the relationship strictly business. Huang lobbied the Trump administration to ease China chip restrictions, including on H20 sales.
Unconfirmed: The spy allegation and funneling of information rest on US officials cited by The New York Times, not a confirmed finding.
- CSET’s Hanna Dohmen said an alleged spy could seek export-control and chip-buyer information.
- Photos and reports place the two at Taipei events in June 2024 and May 2025.
- In July 2025 Huang met Trump; days later H20 sales to China were approved.
- In December 2025 Trump allowed H20 sales to approved Chinese customers, with a 25 percent US cut.
- By October 2025 Trump declined a further proposal to sell more advanced chips to China.
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