US officials believe Nvidia chief executive Jensen Huang had a romantic relationship with Alice Huang, an executive at Singapore-based chip customer Megaspeed, whom US intelligence assesses was recruited by China’s Ministry of State Security. A government memo drawing on US intelligence was circulated to a small group of senior officials shortly before President Donald Trump’s trip to Beijing. Nvidia declined to comment on the memo or the alleged relationship, saying Huang meets thousands of customer executives each year; Alice Huang could not be reached. Photographs and videos of the pair have circulated online.
The allegations emerge amid scrutiny of Megaspeed over claims it helped smuggle advanced Nvidia chips into China, which the company has investigated without finding evidence of wrongdoing. US authorities are focused on Southeast Asian firms suspected of circumventing export controls, as Washington worries that advanced chips could strengthen China’s military. Republican lawmakers have asked Huang to testify privately about a separate intelligence assessment that he was targeted in a Chinese spying operation, as well as Nvidia’s security safeguards. Officials have also voiced frustration over Huang’s lobbying for permission to sell Nvidia’s H200 chips in China. His ties to Trump have included several meetings and attendance at a state dinner for Chinese leader Xi Jinping, though Huang was not initially included in Trump’s delegation to Beijing.
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