U.S. spies reportedly watched an exec close to Nvidia's CEO

U.S. intelligence agencies reportedly spent about a year watching a Singapore cloud executive who had dinners with Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang. The New York Times, citing anonymous sources, says the worry was that the executive, Alice Huang, could be a Chinese spy. Nvidia says the concern is unfounded.

What the report says

Alice Huang, also known as Huang Le, is a top executive at Megaspeed, an AI cloud company in Singapore. She was photographed with Jensen Huang at several business dinners in the region. Sources told the Times the fear was that she had grown close enough to learn about Nvidia's plans and his push to persuade the Trump administration to allow more advanced technology to be shipped to China.

Nvidia pushed back. A spokesperson said the CEO's contact with her was no different from his contact with any regional customer, and that he talks with thousands of customer executives every year. The company also said such customers get ordinary business information, not trade secrets or anything relevant to national security.

Background and what is unclear

Megaspeed was already under a cloud. It was accused of illegally selling Nvidia chips to China. In 2025, the Times reported that the Commerce Department had investigated whether it helped Chinese companies get around export rules by reselling restricted AI chips.

The spying claim rests on unnamed sources. The report as relayed here describes no spying charges, and it includes no response from Megaspeed or Alice Huang.