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U.S. media disclosed that U.S. intelligence agencies had launched a long-term investigation into a corporate executive who was closely related to Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, suspecting that he might be related to Chinese intelligence activities, and tried to obtain information about Nvidia's business planning and U.S. government policies by approaching Huang Jensen.
According to the New York Times, citing people familiar with the matter, the person under investigation is Alice Huang, an executive at Megaspeed, a Singaporean AI cloud computing company. U.S. intelligence agencies allegedly monitored him for about a year to learn about his contacts with China. During the investigation, intelligence agents discovered that she had been in close contact with Huang Jen-Hsun at many business events and dinners in Singapore.
Informed sources said that the United States is concerned that the relationship between Huang Le and Huang Renxun may be used to obtain Nvidia's future strategic planning and Huang Renxun's lobbying of the Trump administration to relax restrictions on the export of advanced technology to China. Because NVIDIA occupies a core position in the global artificial intelligence industry chain, this situation has attracted great attention within the US government.
The report stated that US President Trump had received a briefing on the findings of the investigation about a year ago. Some officials worry that China may obtain relevant information on the U.S. artificial intelligence industry and policy through its contacts with Huang. However, the report also pointed out that Trump took no further action. Analysts believe that Nvidia’s important position in the U.S. economy and capital market, as well as the complex Sino-U.S. economic and trade relations, are important factors affecting decision-making.
According to public information, Megaspeed is an AI infrastructure and cloud computing services company headquartered in Singapore, and is also one of NVIDIA's partners in the Asia-Pacific region. As early as 2025, the U.S. Department of Commerce launched an investigation into the company, suspecting that it helped Chinese companies bypass U.S. export control regulations and obtain restricted Nvidia AI chips through resale or indirect means.
Nvidia clearly denies relevant reports. A company spokesman said Huang's contacts with Huang Le were no different from his normal business dealings with other client executives. As the CEO of a global enterprise, Huang Jensen communicates and communicates with thousands of client management every year.
NVIDIA emphasizes that the information obtained by regional cloud service customers is limited to ordinary business information and does not involve any sensitive business secrets, core technology secrets or content related to national security. The company said it did not provide any special access to Megaspeed and no confidential information was disclosed to it.
In response to previous questions about Megaspeed’s alleged assistance in circumventing chip export controls, Nvidia further stated that the relevant accusations have been investigated before and have been proven to lack basis. The company said claims that the company was involved in chip transshipment or circumventing export restrictions had been ruled out in previous investigations.
The report also pointed out that the U.S. government usually issues risk warnings to relevant people when it discovers that corporate executives may be targets of foreign intelligence agencies. However, relevant information shows that Huang Renxun did not receive any similar prevention briefing. NVIDIA said that if the U.S. government determines that someone does pose a threat to U.S. industrial security, it believes that the relevant departments will formally notify the company.
This incident once again highlights the United States' high sensitivity to the flow and technical security of advanced AI chips in the context of global artificial intelligence competition. As Nvidia's influence in the global AI industry continues to expand, the company has not only become a core participant in the competition for artificial intelligence technology, but has also become increasingly involved in geopolitical and national security-related issues.
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