China Rejects Reported Spy Allegations Involving Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang

China has rejected a report that U.S. intelligence agencies identified a Chinese businesswoman as an intelligence asset who developed a close relationship with Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang.

The New York Times, citing unnamed people familiar with classified findings, reported that U.S. officials concluded Alice Huang, also known as Huang Le, was passing commercial information to Beijing. Huang, who is not related to the Nvidia chief, has been an executive at Singapore-based data center company Megaspeed.

U.S. agencies had reportedly been monitoring her amid concerns that Megaspeed was helping Chinese companies obtain advanced Nvidia chips despite U.S. export restrictions. The surveillance revealed contact with Jensen Huang, but the report presented no evidence that he knew of Alice Huang’s alleged intelligence role. It remains unclear what information she may have passed to China.

The Times also reported that President Donald Trump was briefed on the findings about a year ago but took no action. Jensen Huang reportedly did not receive a defensive briefing.

Nvidia said the two executives’ interactions were routine customer meetings. The company said regional cloud customers receive ordinary business information, not sensitive trade secrets or information relevant to national security, and that previous chip-smuggling allegations involving Megaspeed had been investigated and debunked.

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Guo Jiakun called the report “groundless speculation” intended to smear China. Alice Huang did not respond to the Times, while Megaspeed said it had hired outside counsel and would cooperate with the U.S. government.