House Chairmen Seek Nvidia Briefing on Jensen Huang’s Contacts With Alice Huang

People briefed on U.S. surveillance said officials assessed that Alice Huang, a former senior executive at Singapore data center operator Megaspeed, had been recruited by China’s Ministry of State Security (MSS) to gather intelligence on AI chips. The same people said the alleged effort was also intended to encourage Nvidia to sell its most advanced chips to China. The U.S. government has not released public evidence supporting the allegation, and there was no indication Huang had been charged.

The allegation concerns Huang’s contacts with Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang. He has described those interactions as business-related and said Alice Huang no longer works at Megaspeed. He also said the U.S. government had not informed him of its concerns.

Three Republican House committee chairmen requested a joint, closed-door briefing on Nvidia’s safeguards against foreign espionage and Jensen Huang’s contacts with Alice Huang. The request came from House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Brian Mast, House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party Chairman John Moolenaar and House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence Chairman Rick Crawford.

The chairmen proposed Nov. 18 at the Rayburn House Office Building in Washington. They asked Jensen Huang to confirm by Nov. 11 or propose another date when Congress is in session. The request followed concerns the chairmen raised about China’s access to sensitive U.S. technology and information.

Nvidia said Jensen Huang speaks with thousands of customers each year and that the U.S. government would alert the company if someone posed a threat to U.S. industry. Huang said Nvidia reviewed Megaspeed’s GPU deployments and found no illegal shipments to China. He characterized his contacts with Alice Huang as routine business interactions.

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Guo Jiakun rejected the allegations and described them as unfounded and intended to discredit China. Jensen Huang was asked to respond to the briefing request by Nov. 11, with the proposed session set for Nov. 18.