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U.S. investigated possible Chinese spy plot aimed at Nvidia CEO, New York Times reports

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Source: TechCrunch

Anonymous sources told the New York Times that Alice Huang (Huang Le), a top executive at Singapore AI cloud firm Megaspeed, could have been a Chinese spy. The Times reports that U.S. intelligence agencies surveilled her for about a year to learn about her ties with China. The concern was that she had grown close to Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang and could have been gathering information about Nvidia’s plans and his efforts to persuade the Trump Administration to allow more advanced chip shipments to China. An Nvidia spokesperson denied this, telling TechCrunch that Huang’s relationship with her was the same as with any other regional customer and that regional cloud customers receive only ordinary business information.

Why it matters

Megaspeed was accused of illegally selling Nvidia chips to China, and in 2025 the Commerce Department investigated it over concerns that it helped Chinese companies side-step AI chip export regulations by reselling restricted chips.

When
29 Oct 2026
ID
WTA-N-2026-0541
Who
Megaspeed, Nvidia, U.S. intelligence agencies, Commerce Department, New York Times; Jensen Huang, Alice Huang
System
not an AI system: suspected intelligence gathering on NVIDIA’s plans through a Megaspeed executive
Operator
not named
Type
suspected espionage aimed at NVIDIA’s chief executive
Status
US agencies surveilled her for about a year; NVIDIA denies she received more than ordinary business information; disclosed by The New York Times, citing anonymous sources · Incident ledger

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WTA-N-2026-0541: “U.S. investigated possible Chinese spy plot aimed at Nvidia CEO, New York Times reports.” wheresthe.ai, 29 Oct 2026. https://wheresthe.ai/d/us-u-s-investigated-possible-chinese-spy-plot-aimed-at-nvidi-2026-10/ (source: TechCrunch).

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