US intelligence: NVIDIA CEO had an affair with a Chinese spy

A classified US intelligence document alleges that NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang had an affair with Alice Huang, a Chinese businesswoman recruited by the Ministry of State Security for industrial espionage targeting AI chips. Congress has demanded a briefing from Huang, while China has denied the allegations.

A classified US intelligence document alleges that NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang had an affair with Chinese businesswoman Alice Huang (Huang Le), who was recruited by China's Ministry of State Security for industrial espionage. The operation aimed to gather intelligence on NVIDIA's AI chips and influence US export policy. According to the document, the pair was surveilled for over a year; in June 2024, they were seen together at a bar in Taipei. Alice Huang's company, Megaspeed, began purchasing billions of dollars worth of NVIDIA processors and created a sanctions evasion channel by leasing computing power to Chinese Alibaba. The US Congress has demanded a closed briefing from Huang. NVIDIA stated that the meetings were business-related. The Chinese embassy rejected the allegations. President Trump was briefed but did not intervene. The situation has led to the blocking of an initiative to sell chips to China. The article also details NVIDIA's technological superiority over Chinese competitors, including Huawei, and explains Beijing's interest in espionage.