{
  "id": 19148905,
  "title": "A profile of Alice Huang, a suspected Chinese spy who founded Megaspeed in 2023 and spent years in Jensen Huang's orbit; Megaspeed's Nvidia imports top $4.6B (Mark Anderson/Bloomberg)",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/09/a-profile-of-alice-huang-a-suspected-chinese-spy-who-founded",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-11-09T12:05:01.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Techmeme",
    "slug": "techmeme",
    "url": "https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-11-09/alice-huang-suspected-china-spy-spent-years-in-nvidia-s-orbit"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Nvidia's board has initiated an independent investigation following reports that CEO Jensen Huang was the target of a foreign intelligence effort. According to The Register Science, the investigation follows allegations of a romantic relationship between Huang and Alice Huang (also referred to as Huang Le), a Chinese citizen. The New York Times reported that U.S. intelligence agencies are investigating Ms. Huang on the grounds that she passes intelligence to Beijing.\n\nThe Register Science reports that Ms. Huang ran a Singapore-based company called Megaspeed, which has purchased significant amounts of Nvidia hardware. It is suspected that these chips were intended to be made available to Chinese users, either by running in datacenters or through facilitated transport to China. Economic Times Tech notes that Huang had previously lobbied President Donald Trump to loosen chip sales restrictions, successfully allowing the company to sell H200 chips.\n\nThe controversy involves whether Huang drove sales of advanced computer chips to China despite U.S. tech restrictions designed to limit China's access to such technology, according to The Hindu - Sci-Tech. In response to the allegations, China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesperson Guo Jiakun called the claims of a spy plot unsubstantiated and a smear campaign against Beijing, according to Economic Times Tech.",
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  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
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      {
        "outlet": "Mothership",
        "title": "US govt to probe Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang's ties with alleged Chinese spy from S'pore-based company",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/08/us-govt-to-probe-nvidia-ceo-jensen-huangs-ties-with-alleged-chinese",
        "published": "2026-11-08T14:54:06.000Z"
      },
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        "outlet": "The Hindu - Sci-Tech",
        "title": "Nvidia investigating reports that CEO Jensen Huang was targeted by Chinese intelligence",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/08/nvidia-investigating-reports-that-ceo-jensen-huang-was-targeted-by",
        "published": "2026-11-08T23:08:52.000Z"
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        "outlet": "The Mainichi",
        "title": "Nvidia investigating reports that CEO Jensen Huang was targeted by Chinese intelligence",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/08/nvidia-investigating-reports-that-ceo-jensen-huang-was-targeted-by-19043980",
        "published": "2026-11-08T23:16:34.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "NDTV",
        "title": "Nvidia Launches Probe Into CEO Jensen Huang's Affair With Suspected Chinese Spy",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/09/nvidia-launches-probe-into-ceo-jensen-huangs-affair-with-suspected",
        "published": "2026-11-09T01:26:49.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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