The US government believes Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang had a romantic relationship with Alice Huang, a Chinese woman recruited as a spy by China's Ministry of State Security, according to a memo shared earlier this year. Alice Huang, an executive at Megaspeed, a Singapore-based customer of Nvidia, was reportedly targeted in a Chinese spying operation. US officials drafted the memo before President Trump's Beijing summit, highlighting concerns over China's access to advanced chips.
Nvidia declined to comment, stating Huang meets thousands of customer executives annually. Megaspeed faces scrutiny for allegedly smuggling advanced Nvidia chips into China, violating export controls. The revelation comes as US lawmakers pressured Huang to testify about intelligence findings and company security protocols.
The US is increasingly frustrated by Huang's lobbying efforts to export H200 chips to China, intensifying export control tensions. When Trump visited China in May, Huang was not on Air Force One, but later flew to Alaska to join the presidential jet and attended a state dinner for Xi in September. The Chinese embassy did not comment.
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