China’s Ministry of State Security reportedly recruited a Megaspeed executive to spy on Jensen Huang, the chief executive of Nvidia, according to a New York Times account. The reported objective was to obtain information about American artificial intelligence chips and, in the paper’s description, to potentially sway Nvidia toward making its most advanced chips available to China.
The executive, Alice Huang, is not related to Jensen Huang. Megaspeed is identified as a customer of Nvidia. The report also says Alice Huang has relationships with senior figures across the AI chip industry, including executives at Gigabyte.
A relationship under scrutiny
The New York Times characterized the association between Alice Huang and Jensen Huang as close. The reporting indicates that President Trump, who is described as friendly with Jensen Huang, was briefed on the relationship last year but did not act on the information.
The claim that China’s Ministry of State Security recruited Alice Huang is presented as a new detail. An earlier New York Times report had already described Jensen Huang as the target of what the paper called a Chinese spy plot and had disclosed information about his ties to Alice Huang.
Congress seeks a closed briefing
Three House committees have asked Jensen Huang to appear for a joint, closed-door briefing focused on his interactions with Alice Huang. The request came one day before the latest report was published.
The committees’ interest centers on the Nvidia chief executive’s contacts with an executive whose company purchases Nvidia products and who, according to the reporting, maintains connections at the highest levels of the AI chip business.
What the report does and does not establish
The account attributes the recruitment claim to the New York Times and does not offer independent confirmation. It also does not specify what information, if any, was passed, nor does it describe how the relationship developed beyond the paper’s characterization of it as close.
Nvidia has not commented publicly in the material available, and no response from Alice Huang or Megaspeed is included. The report likewise does not indicate whether the briefing requested by the House committees has been scheduled or whether Jensen Huang has agreed to attend.
The episode places a spotlight on the intersection of semiconductor policy, corporate relationships and intelligence concerns at a time when access to advanced AI chips is a central issue between Washington and Beijing.
