Megaspeed exec was recruited to spy on Nvidia CEO, according to US intelligence memo
A memo circulated earlier this year reportedly claimed that China’s Ministry of State Security recruited a female technology executive to spy on Nvidia's CEO.
A memo circulating within U.S. intelligence claims that Alice Huang, the executive at Singapore-based Megaspeed, was recruited by China’s Ministry of State Security to spy on Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang. This assertion, first reported by the New York Times and later corroborated by the Financial Times, appears to be based on U.S. intelligence.
The memo also alleges a romantic relationship between the two executives. Despite these allegations, Nvidia has maintained that the interactions between Jensen and Alice Huang are "not unusual" and that the company does not share classified information with its customers. A separate NYT report scrutinized New Matrix, a Chinese entity authorized by the U.S. Commerce Department to purchase advanced Nvidia chips, only to find a "hollow gray shell" at its listed address, suggesting it could be a front for a blacklisted private equity firm. Nvidia maintains it sells the "first, best, and most" of its technology in America.
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