Alice Huang, Chinese exec accused of spying on Nvidia CEO
TECH executive Alice Huang is the woman accused of spying for China during an affair with Jensen Huang, head of US artificial intelligence chip titan Nvidia, according to media reports.
Chinese executive Alice Huang, also known as Huang Le, is accused of spying on Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, according to media reports. Huang, a Chinese citizen, was recruited by Beijing to collect intelligence on the Nvidia boss, reports the New York Times. Despite their shared surname, the two are not related. Huang, who speaks English and is well-connected in the global AI chip industry, had previously worked at HSBC bank and as a reporter for Chinese media outlets CCTV and Hunan TV.
The two were connected through a close relationship, with Jensen Huang having publicly expressed remorse for his alleged infidelity. Media coverage suggests that Huang was a top executive at Megaspeed International, a Singapore-based data center company that rents out computing power for AI. US officials concluded last year that Huang was targeting Jensen Huang as a spy, and the US government has been probing Megaspeed since 2024 over its potential role in smuggling Nvidia chips to China.
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