> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://theainewsfiles.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # US agencies suspected a Megaspeed executive in contact with Jensen Huang, NYT reports - URL: https://theainewsfiles.com/nyt-megaspeed-alice-huang-jensen-huang-nvidia/ - Published: 2026-10-29T18:08:35.000Z - Updated: 2026-10-29T18:08:35.000Z - Description: The New York Times reports that US intelligence watched Megaspeed executive Alice Huang and found her in contact with Nvidia's Jensen Huang. Nvidia says their dealings are routine, and Megaspeed has hired outside counsel. - Author: J E Cowie - Tags: News Outlets on 29 October relayed a New York Times report, which they said rests on people briefed on intelligence surveillance. According to that coverage, US intelligence agencies came to believe that a Chinese executive at a Singapore data-centre company, Megaspeed, was gathering information for Beijing. In the course of watching her, they found she was in contact with Nvidia's chief executive. Nvidia says the contact is routine. The allegations are unnamed-source claims about a classified matter. Nvidia disputes the suggestions of impropriety, and the coverage describes officials as initially not believing Jensen Huang knew what she was allegedly doing. What follows is the Times report as described by CNBC, TechCrunch, Business Times, Times Now, the Daily Mail, The Economic Times and The Times of India. Economic Times wrote that it could not independently verify the details the Times reported. ![Map showing where Singapore is](https://theainewsfiles.com/content/images/2026/10/map_singapore.jpg) Singapore ## What the Times reports The woman is Alice Huang, also known as Huang Le. Business Times describes her as a Chinese citizen and senior executive at Megaspeed. She is not related to the Nvidia chief, according to Times Now and the Daily Mail. The Times of India says agencies were electronically monitoring her when they found she was in contact with an American citizen. An intelligence procedure known as unmasking later identified that person as Jensen Huang, according to Business Times. According to the coverage, the Times reports that: - President Donald Trump was briefed on the findings about a year ago and chose not to act. Business Times and Economic Times both say the report put this down to concern about disrupting Nvidia's sales and complicating relations with China. - When Trump was first briefed, officials did not think Jensen Huang knew what she was allegedly doing. The Times of India says some senior administration officials now doubt Jensen Huang could have stayed in the dark; Business Times wrote that the report did not establish that he knowingly assisted a foreign intelligence operation. - Jensen Huang has not received the defensive briefing that US agencies sometimes give Americans targeted by foreign intelligence services. - Alice Huang remained under surveillance, and companies linked to her kept buying Nvidia chips this year. ![Skyline of Singapore's Marina Bay waterfront](https://theainewsfiles.com/content/images/2026/10/shot2_skyline-of-singapore-s-marina-bay-waterf.jpg) Singapore, where Megaspeed is based. Illustrative image. ## The chip-diversion backdrop The surveillance grew out of existing scrutiny of Megaspeed. Business Times says officials already suspected the company of helping China obtain advanced Nvidia chips. US export controls bar those chips from being shipped to China, CNBC notes. The Times of India reports, citing the Times and ImportGenius trade records, that Megaspeed's Malaysian sister company bought at least $4.8 billion of advanced AI equipment containing Nvidia chips between June 2024 and February 2026\. It says the firm builds data centres in Southeast Asia and rents computing power to Chinese companies, with Alibaba as its main client. Business Times adds that investigators suspect some of the chips have reached China illegally. It says the Commerce Department's investigation was transferred to the Justice Department this year, and that Megaspeed remains listed as an Nvidia cloud partner, according to the report. The coverage also describes sightings of the two together. Times Now and the Daily Mail say they were photographed at a Taipei bar in June 2024 after a trade show, in pictures the company NetThunder posted to LinkedIn. They were seen leaving a Taipei restaurant after a business dinner with AI suppliers in May 2025\. The Times of India says Jensen Huang has spent Trump's second term lobbying to ease curbs on Nvidia sales to China. ## What Nvidia, Megaspeed and China say An Nvidia spokesperson told TechCrunch: "Jensen's interactions with Ms. Huang are not unusual or unexpected. Meetings with customers are part of a C.E.O.'s job; Jensen talks with thousands of customer executives every year." TechCrunch also quotes the company: "Our regional cloud customers receive ordinary business information — not sensitive NVIDIA trade secrets — and zero information relevant to national security." On the diversion allegations, the spokesperson told CNBC: "The diversion allegations against this regional cloud were thoroughly investigated and debunked last year." The spokesperson also told CNBC: "We're confident that if the U.S. government believes that any person is a threat to American industry, it would let us know." Business Times adds that Nvidia says it complies with applicable laws and has found no evidence of smuggling. Megaspeed said its current leadership was taking the allegations "extremely seriously", according to Times Now. Its statement, as carried by Times Now, said: "Outside counsel has been retained to conduct a thorough internal investigation and has notified the US government that we are fully committed to cooperating." According to The Times of India, China has rejected the allegation. It reports that Liu Chang, a spokesperson for the Chinese Embassy in Washington, accused the US of running a campaign of baseless smears against Beijing. None of the reports carries a comment from Alice Huang herself. ## Why it matters Nvidia's chips have become a bargaining chip in economic competition with China, and CNBC notes that the company's chief executive has appeared with Trump at state dinners, AI summits and on international trips while pushing for certain Nvidia chips to be cleared for shipment to China. This report asks a different question from the usual export-control argument: who has access to the people running the company. What it does not offer is public proof. Everything about the intelligence findings comes through anonymous sources, and Nvidia's account of an ordinary customer relationship stands against them. ## Sources Bort, J. (2026) 'US investigated Chinese spy plot aimed at Nvidia CEO', TechCrunch, 29 October 2026, available at: [https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/29/u-s-investigated-chinese-spy-plot-aimed-at-nvidia-ceo/](https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/29/u-s-investigated-chinese-spy-plot-aimed-at-nvidia-ceo/?ref=theainewsfiles.com) (Accessed: 29 October 2026). CNBC (2026) 'Nvidia responds to report Jensen Huang was target of Chinese asset, says diversion allegations were "investigated and debunked"', CNBC, 29 October 2026, available at: [https://www.cnbc.com/2026/10/29/nvidia-jensen-huang-chinese-intelligence-asset.html](https://www.cnbc.com/2026/10/29/nvidia-jensen-huang-chinese-intelligence-asset.html?ref=theainewsfiles.com) (Accessed: 29 October 2026). ET Online (2026) 'Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang seen as target of China spy plot; Trump briefed but took no action: Report', The Economic Times, 29 October 2026, available at: [https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international/world-news/nvidia-ceo-jensen-huang-seen-as-target-of-china-spy-plot-trump-briefed-but-took-no-action-report/articleshow/135314838.cms](https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international/world-news/nvidia-ceo-jensen-huang-seen-as-target-of-china-spy-plot-trump-briefed-but-took-no-action-report/articleshow/135314838.cms?ref=theainewsfiles.com) (Accessed: 29 October 2026). Potter, W. (2026) 'Nvidia boss had "close relationship" with female spy who CIA believes was smuggling advanced US microchips to China', Daily Mail Online, 29 October 2026, available at: [https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16248905/Nvidia-Jensen-Huang-spy-China-Alice-Megaspeed.html](https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16248905/Nvidia-Jensen-Huang-spy-China-Alice-Megaspeed.html?ref=theainewsfiles.com) (Accessed: 29 October 2026). Times Now (2026) 'Who Is Alice Huang? Suspected Chinese Spy Linked To Nvidia Boss Jensen Huang', Times Now, 29 October 2026, available at: [https://www.timesnownews.com/world/us/us-news/who-is-alice-huang-chinese-spy-linked-to-nvidia-boss-jensen-huang-donald-trump-article-156431476](https://www.timesnownews.com/world/us/us-news/who-is-alice-huang-chinese-spy-linked-to-nvidia-boss-jensen-huang-donald-trump-article-156431476?ref=theainewsfiles.com) (Accessed: 29 October 2026). TOI Tech Desk (2026) 'US finds Chinese spy in Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang's circle; China calls it a smear; Nvidia says: Jensen talks with thousands of...', The Times of India, 29 October 2026, available at: [https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/technology/tech-news/us-finds-chinese-spy-in-nvidia-ceo-jensen-huangs-circle-china-calls-it-a-smear-nvidia-says-jensen-talks-with-thousands-of-/articleshow/135318578.cms](https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/technology/tech-news/us-finds-chinese-spy-in-nvidia-ceo-jensen-huangs-circle-china-calls-it-a-smear-nvidia-says-jensen-talks-with-thousands-of-/articleshow/135318578.cms?ref=theainewsfiles.com) (Accessed: 29 October 2026). Zhao, E. (2026) 'Nvidia's Jensen Huang Targeted by Alleged Chinese Spy, Trump Briefed but Took No Action, NYT Reports', Business Times, 29 October 2026, available at: [https://www.btimesonline.com/articles/178575/20261029/nvidia-s-jensen-huang-targeted-by-alleged-chinese-spy-trump-briefed-but-took-no-action-nyt-reports.htm](https://www.btimesonline.com/articles/178575/20261029/nvidia-s-jensen-huang-targeted-by-alleged-chinese-spy-trump-briefed-but-took-no-action-nyt-reports.htm?ref=theainewsfiles.com) (Accessed: 29 October 2026). ## Picture credits - Top picture: Jensen Huang, Nvidia's chief executive. Illustrative portrait; it does not show any event described in the report. Jensen Huang at Stanford University, photo by Anders Eidesvik, [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/?ref=theainewsfiles.com) ([source](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jensen%5Fhuang%5Fstanford%5F2026-04-30%5F007.jpg?ref=theainewsfiles.com)) - Singapore, where Megaspeed is based. Illustrative image. Marina Bay Waterfront Skyline, Singapore, photo by Icantthinkofanamexd, [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/?ref=theainewsfiles.com) ([source](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Marina%5FBay%5FWaterfront%5FSkyline%5F%282025%29.jpg?ref=theainewsfiles.com)) - Map: drawn from [Natural Earth](https://www.naturalearthdata.com/?ref=theainewsfiles.com) (public domain) and [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q334?ref=theainewsfiles.com).