The key facts

  • US intelligence monitored Alice Hwang of Megaspeed for about a year due to her ties to China
  • The concern: her closeness to Jensen Huang could have allowed her to gather information about Nvidia's plans and negotiations with the Trump administration
  • Nvidia denies that the contacts were unusual or that sensitive information was shared

What became known

A top executive of the Singapore-based company Megaspeed, which was previously accused of illegally reselling Nvidia chips to China, may have been a Chinese intelligence agent — this is reported by the New York Times, citing anonymous sources; ; TechCrunch is also covering the situation. The report concerns Alice Hwang (Huang Le), who appeared in photographs next to Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang at business dinners in the Singapore region.

The essence of the American side's concerns

According to the Times, American intelligence services monitored Alice Hwang for about a year, examining her ties to China. Sources for the publication explained that her closeness to Jensen Huang raised concerns: she could have been gathering information about Nvidia's plans and about the CEO's efforts to persuade the Trump administration to allow the supply of more advanced technologies to China.

Nvidia's reaction and the context of the investigation

Nvidia rejected the suspicions. A company representative told TechCrunch that Jensen Huang's interactions with Ms. Hwang are 'not unusual or unexpected,' since meetings with clients are part of a CEO's job, and he communicates with thousands of client executives every year. The company also emphasized that regional cloud clients receive 'ordinary business information, not Nvidia's sensitive trade secrets — and zero information related to national security.'

Background

Back in 2025, the Times reportedthat the US Department of Commerce had investigated Megaspeed's activities over suspicions that the company was helping Chinese firms circumvent export restrictions on AI chips by reselling them processors banned from supply. At that time, according to the publication, Alice Hwang held a leadership position at the company. Thus, the new report about intelligence surveillance of her connections builds on the earlier line of investigation surrounding Megaspeed, although the question of whether she may have worked for Chinese intelligence services remains merely a supposition by sources, not a confirmed conclusion by the authorities.