US intelligence suspects Megaspeed's Alice Huang of passing information to China
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- TechCrunch · AINewsU.S. investigated alleged Chinese spy plot targeting Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang
AIThe New York Times reports that U.S. intelligence agencies investigated Alice Huang, a Megaspeed executive, for about a year over possible spying on Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang. Nvidia denies that Alice Huang obtained sensitive information, saying her interactions with Jensen Huang were the same as with any other regional customer. Megaspeed was previously investigated by the Commerce Department over reselling restricted AI chips to Chinese companies.
Rohan PaulXNvidia disputes report of U.S. surveillance tied to Megaspeed contactAINvidia pushed back on a report that U.S. intelligence surveilled Alice Huang, a Singapore cloud Megaspeed figure reportedly suspected of passing information to Beijing. The company says Megaspeed is one of its regional cloud customers and that Huang's contact with its officials is routine, since he meets thousands of customers yearly. Nvidia calls claims that Megaspeed routed AI chips into China "thoroughly investigated and debunked last year" and says it received no warning from Washington.
- CNBC · TechnologyNewsNvidia says diversion allegations against Megaspeed were investigated and debunked
AINvidia pushed back on a New York Times report that U.S. intelligence agencies surveilled Alice Huang, linked to Singapore-based cloud Megaspeed, over suspicions she was a Chinese intelligence asset. A spokesperson said Megaspeed is a regional cloud customer, that Jensen Huang's interactions with its officials are not unusual, and that the diversion allegations were "thoroughly investigated and debunked last year."
- The DecoderNewsPickNYT reports US intelligence believes a Nvidia CEO associate is a China informant
AIAccording to The New York Times, US intelligence agencies believe Alice Huang of Singapore-based data center operator Megaspeed passes information to Beijing. The report says President Trump was briefed about a year ago and took no action. A Malaysian sister company of Megaspeed reportedly bought at least $4.8 billion of Nvidia-chip AI hardware between June 2024 and February 2026. Nvidia says Megaspeed receives no sensitive information, and the Chinese embassy called the allegations groundless.