{
  "id": 19963346,
  "title": "Who is Alice Huang? Inside the shadowy Singapore tech firm at the centre of a US-China AI chip probe",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/14/who-is-alice-huang-inside-the-shadowy-singapore-tech-firm-at-the",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-11-14T10:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "IOL",
    "slug": "iol",
    "url": "https://iol.co.za/news/world/2026-11-14-who-is-alice-huang-inside-the-shadowy-singapore-tech-firm-at-the-centre-of-a-us-china-ai-chip-probe/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Alice Huang is a former director at Singapore-based tech group Megaspeed, who is now alleged to be a Chinese spy. According to prosecutors, she was accused of having an affair with Nvidia co-founder Jensen Huang while stealing company secrets for Beijing. Details about her life are unclear, but her influence is significant, as she was linked to Megaspeed, a company that dealt in advanced AI chips and was under investigation for allegedly circumventing export controls to send Nvidia chips to China. Megaspeed's revenue skyrocketed from $0 to nearly $300 million within a year of Huang's arrival, and the company reportedly traded in over $4 billion worth of Nvidia chips over two years. Huang was interviewed by Singapore police as part of the probe but no charges were laid against her. However, she was barred from Singapore in 2026 for providing inaccurate information to avoid implicating her role in Megaspeed.",
  "summary": "Singapore-based tech firm Megaspeed traded in roughly $4 billion worth of restricted Nvidia AI chips before its offices were abandoned and its former director, Alice Huang, was outed as an alleged Chinese spy accused of having an affair with Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 4,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Investing.com",
        "title": "Singapore says US offered limited help in its probe of AI chip deals",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/13/singapore-says-us-offered-limited-help-in-its-probe-of-ai-chip-deals",
        "published": "2026-11-13T03:30:41.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Straits Times",
        "title": "What is Super Micro, the firm named in Singapore’s AI chips probe?",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/13/what-is-super-micro-the-firm-named-in-singapores-ai-chips-probe",
        "published": "2026-11-13T09:44:06.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Free Malaysia Today",
        "title": "Singapore says US offered limited help in its probe of AI chip deals",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/13/singapore-says-us-offered-limited-help-in-its-probe-of-ai-chip-deals-19873491",
        "published": "2026-11-13T21:23:36.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "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."
}