Nvidia’s CEO, an alleged romance and a suspected Chinese spy: Congress wants answers
The reported intelligence memo adds detail to an earlier House briefing request, with an answer sought by November 11. Read the full story on CryptoSlateUnderstand the crypto stories that matter and what to watch next. Get The Catalyst in your inbox
Congress is seeking answers about Nvidia’s defenses against espionage as Financial Times reporting describes an intelligence-based memo alleging a romantic relationship between CEO Jensen Huang and Alice Huang, an executive at Singapore-based Nvidia customer Megaspeed.
FT excerpts shared by @AsiaLens on November 7 report that US intelligence believes Alice Huang was recruited by China’s Ministry of State Security, citing people familiar with the matter.
Three House committee chairs signed a November 4 letter requesting a joint, closed-door briefing on Huang’s interactions with Alice Huang and Nvidia’s safeguards against foreign espionage. Published on November 5, the request predates the FT excerpts.
Nvidia has described the contacts as ordinary customer business and said it does not share classified information. The central security question is whether the alleged relationship provided access beyond ordinary customer contact.
Related ReadingThe FT excerpts shared by @AsiaLens say US officials wrote the memo earlier in 2026 using information obtained by American intelligence. People familiar with the memo said it alleged Huang had been romantically involved with Alice Huang, an executive at Megaspeed, a Singapore-based Nvidia customer.
According to the same excerpts, the memo reached a small group of senior US officials shortly before President Donald Trump traveled to Beijing for a summit with Xi Jinping. The memo itself is not public, and its exact date and authoring agency are not established. The reported assessment and relationship allegation have not been publicly proven.
The letter was signed by Brian Mast, John Moolenaar and Rick Crawford, who chair the Foreign Affairs, China Select and Intelligence committees, respectively. Their public release identifies possible foreign-adversary access to US technology and information as the reason for seeking the briefing.
Megaspeed belongs to Nvidia’s cloud partner network, buying equipment and renting computing power to AI developers, according to Bloomberg’s November 7 report. That commercial role puts the relationship within Nvidia’s customer network and the wider debate over access to US AI technology.