Jensen Huang, the chief executive of chip giant Nvidia, has issued a company-wide email apologizing for an affair. This admission follows rising national security concerns regarding his relationship with Alice Huang, a businesswoman who US officials reportedly suspect of acting as a Chinese intelligence asset.
While the two share a surname, they are not related. US intelligence agencies believe Alice Huang may have been recruited to gain insights into advanced American AI chips and pressure Nvidia to loosen supply restrictions for the Chinese market. China has dismissed these allegations as “nothing but smears.” And to try to persuade Nvidia to push for its advanced chips to be made available to China, people briefed on the US intelligence told the New York Times they believed Alice Huang was recruited as part of efforts to learn more about American AI chips.
Alice Huang previously served as chief executive of Megaspeed, a Singapore-based data center firm. Although the company remains a self-described “premier business partner of Nvidia,” US authorities have been investigating it since late 2024 for allegedly assisting Chinese firms in bypassing American technology export controls. Singaporean authorities reportedly questioned and subsequently released her during their own probe into the company.
Public records regarding Alice Huang’s background are sparse, which has deepened speculation about her intentions.
Some media outlets have identified profiles in Chinese fund databases suggesting previous roles at institutions like HSBC, CITIC, and media outlets such as CCTV and Hunan TV, though these details remain unverified. It is also unclear what her current standing is with Megaspeed, especially after a short-selling firm noted in May that employees still considered her the company boss. The details of her career before that are difficult to ascertain. However, reporters have been unable to confirm any of the details listed.
The scrutiny intensified after photos and video emerged from 2024 and 2025 showing the two together at various industry events, including Computex in Taipei. One 2025 recording depicts Jensen Huang with his arm around Alice Huang as she kisses his cheek, and the pair was seen leaving a restaurant in the same vehicle. A US-based short-selling firm, Culper Research, publicly highlighted their “uncomfortably close relationship” six months ago. Posted by another attending company on LinkedIn, shows the two sitting next to each other on a couch in Taipei, one photo from an industry party in 2024. The footage showed, the two later left the restaurant in the same car.
The Financial Times reported that a government memo surfaced earlier this year alleging the two were romantically involved. In his email, Jensen Huang stated he would fully cooperate with any inquiries regarding the national security issues raised in recent media coverage. Nvidia has previously asserted that it conducted an internal review of Megaspeed and found no cause for concern.
Megaspeed itself has a complex corporate history. According to The Straits Times, it was formerly known as 7Road International—a gaming company with historical ties to state-backed investors. Ownership structures shifted significantly in 2023, and the firm currently operates by purchasing chips to build data centers, then renting that computing power to Chinese clients. It was owned by Huang Le Limited and led by Alice Huang, the newspaper said, before the ownership was transferred to another company in 2023, at the time of the rebrand.
Alice Huang’s current location remains unknown, and she has not issued any public statements regarding these allegations. The lack of clarity surrounding her professional trajectory and her proximity to the leader of a company vital to the global AI sector continue to fuel intense government interest.
