By Vivek Dubey
Publication Date: 2026-11-09 05:52:00
US secretary of state Marco Rubio had warned senior Trump administration officials about Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang’s alleged ties to a Chinese businesswoman suspected of working for Beijing’s intelligence agency, months before the company launched an independent investigation into the matter.Rubio oversaw the drafting of a highly classified memo circulated among senior administration officials during the spring, warning that Huang had developed a close relationship with Alice Huang, whom American intelligence agencies believed had been recruited by China’s Ministry of State Security, The New York Times reported.The memo was based on intelligence gathered through electronic surveillance targeting Alice Huang, a Chinese citizen and senior executive at Singapore-based data centre company Megaspeed. US officials suspected the company was involved in illegally smuggling restricted Nvidia semiconductors into mainland China.The revelations have now prompted Nvidia’s board of directors to launch an independent investigation into reports that its chief executive was targeted by a foreign intelligence operation. The company formally announced the inquiry on Sunday, saying a committee of independent directors, assisted by outside counsel, would examine all available information.The board said it had “no reason to believe” that either US national security or Nvidia’s trade secrets had…
