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  "id": 19507932,
  "title": "Who is Alice Huang? What to know about the businesswoman involved in the Nvidia scandal",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/11/who-is-alice-huang-what-to-know-about-the-businesswoman-involved-in",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-11-11T14:15:51.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Fast Company",
    "slug": "fast-company",
    "url": "https://www.fastcompany.com/91640240/who-alice-huang-what-know-about-businesswoman-involved-nvidia-scandal"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Alice Huang is a Chinese businesswoman who became involved in the Nvidia scandal due to allegations that she was a spy for Beijing. She was previously a senior executive at Megaspeed, an Nvidia customer and AI computing company based in Singapore. The New York Times reported that Alice Huang had a close relationship with Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, and intelligence indicated she was recruited to influence Nvidia to make its advanced chips more available in China. However, the exact duration of the affair and the circumstances of its end remain unclear. Megaspeed faced scrutiny from the U.S. in 2023 for allegedly circumventing export restrictions and routing Nvidia chips to China, leading to a name change and transfer of shares. Alice Huang left Megaspeed in November 2023, but some reports suggest she remained involved in the company's operations. Beijing has denied the spy allegations, calling them unsubstantiated and smears against China.",
  "summary": "She was building a career in Chinese finance before turning to tech with a leadership role at a data center company in Singapore. He is the high-profile CEO of Nvidia , the California-based company that makes computer chips relied upon by advanced artificial intelligence systems. An affair between Nvidia’s Jensen Huang and Alice Huang, who reportedly was suspected of working as a spy for Beijing,…",
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      {
        "outlet": "Business Recorder",
        "title": "Trump says FBI probing Nvidia CEO Huang as China controversy deepens",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/10/trump-says-fbi-probing-nvidia-ceo-huang-as-china-controversy-deepens-19312971",
        "published": "2026-11-10T08:10:59.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Business Insider",
        "title": "All roads lead to Jensen Huang. That's Nvidia's problem.",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/10/all-roads-lead-to-jensen-huang-thats-nvidias-problem",
        "published": "2026-11-10T13:41:22.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "NZZ Wirtschaft",
        "title": "Jensen Huang has been Nvidia for 33 years. Now, potential successors are moving into focus, who have not been considered so far.",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/10/jensen-huang-ist-nvidia-seit-33-jahren-nun-rucken-nachfolgekandidaten",
        "published": "2026-11-10T15:01:17.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Quartz",
        "title": "Schumer calls Trump's inaction over Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang's affair a 'dereliction of duty'",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/10/schumer-calls-trumps-inaction-over-nvidia-ceo-jensen-huangs-affair-a",
        "published": "2026-11-10T21:20:33.000Z"
      }
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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."
}