Anonymous sources told the New York Times that U.S. intelligence agencies monitored a senior executive at Singapore-based AI cloud firm Megaspeed amid concerns she might have been a Chinese spy.
The executive named in the report is Alice Huang (also referred to as Huang Le). The Times said she was photographed multiple times in the company of Jensen Huang, Nvidia’s chief executive, at various business dinners in the Singapore region. According to the report, U.S. intelligence had been surveilling Alice Huang for about a year to learn more about her ties to China.
Sources told the paper the concern stemmed from how close Alice Huang had become to Jensen Huang, and that she might have been in a position to gather information about Nvidia’s plans and the CEO’s efforts to persuade the Trump administration to allow shipment of more advanced technology to China.
Nvidia response
Nvidia disputed the implication that its CEO shared sensitive or national-security-relevant information. In an emailed statement to TechCrunch, a Nvidia spokesperson said Jensen’s interactions with Ms. Huang “are not unusual or unexpected. Meetings with customers are part of a C.E.O.’s job; Jensen talks with thousands of customer executives every year.”
The company added that “our regional cloud customers receive ordinary business information — not sensitive NVIDIA trade secrets — and zero information relevant to national security.”
Background: Commerce Department probe
The New York Times also noted that in 2025 the U.S. Commerce Department investigated Megaspeed over concerns the company was helping Chinese firms circumvent AI chip export restrictions by reselling restricted chips. At the time, Alice Huang was reported to be a top executive at Megaspeed.
The current reporting relies on anonymous sources and does not publish direct evidence in the public domain. Nvidia’s statement frames the interactions as routine business meetings, while the surveillance and the earlier 2025 Commerce Department inquiry are reported by the New York Times.
