The key facts

  • Jensen Huang agreed to a voluntary closed-door interview with three House committees, eliminating the need for a subpoena
  • The committees invited him for December 1, warning that refusal would result in a subpoena
  • The investigation concerns Alice Huang and the possible smuggling of Nvidia chips to China in circumvention of export restrictions

Agreement to testify

Former Nvidia chief Jensen Huang and company representatives have agreed to give voluntary testimony in a closed format before three committees of the US House of Representatives. John Moolenaar, chairman of the House committee on the Chinese Communist Party, announced this on Sunday in an interview with CBS News (Anadolu). According to him, the parties are discussing exact dates, but the company has promised to cooperate with the committee.

Context of the investigation

A joint session involving the Foreign Affairs Committee, the Intelligence Committee and Moolenaar's committee, as the Michigan Republican noted, removes the need for an immediate subpoena. The three committees invited Huang on Thursday to a 'closed, transcribed' interview on December 1, warning that refusal to cooperate would lead to a subpoena. Lawmakers, according to Moolenaar, want to find out 'to what extent privileged information was obtained' and whether, as alleged, a Chinese intelligence asset influenced Nvidia's corporate approach to artificial intelligence and export controls.

The essence of the claims

The investigation focuses on former Megaspeed executive Alice Huang — a Chinese citizen whose Singapore-based cloud firm gained access to Nvidia's high-performance chips, which prompted federal probes into the possible smuggling of processors to China in circumvention of US export restrictions. Defending his earlier assessment that the former Nvidia chief had 'seriously compromised' US national security, Moolenaar cited Beijing's 'whole-of-society' intelligence model and the national security laws in Hong Kong, pointing to imprisoned publisher Jimmy Lai as an example. 'For Jensen Huang to be in such a relationship, knowing that any Chinese citizen can be compelled by the Chinese Communist Party to carry out any intelligence directives, was simply irresponsible and posed a direct threat to our national security,' he said.

Resignation

Jensen Huang resigned on November 12, having led the American chipmaker for more than three decades, following publications about his ties with Alice Huang, who left Megaspeed in August 2025. It should be noted that agreeing to the interview does not yet mean admitting any of the claims: the exact date of the session, according to Moolenaar, is still being coordinated, and conclusions about possible access to classified information remain the subject of the investigation.