US government memo said Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang had a romantic relationship with Megaspeed’s Alice Huang; she is believed to be a spy recruited by Chinese ministry; lawmakers now have questions on…

US officials believe Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang had a romantic relationship with Alice Huang, a Megaspeed executive who American intelligence thinks was recruited to spy for China, the Financial Times reported, citing people familiar with the matter.The claim comes from a government memo written earlier this year using information gathered by US intelligence. According to the FT, it was shared with a small group of top officials shortly before President Donald Trump travelled to Beijing for his May summit with Xi Jinping. Alice Huang is believed to have been recruited by China’s Ministry of State Security, the country’s main spy agency.Nvidia declined to comment on the memo or the claim of an intimate relationship. The company has previously said Huang meets “thousands of customer executives every year.” The White House and the CIA also declined to comment, and Alice Huang could not be reached. Neither she nor Megaspeed has been charged with a crime. The two Huangs are not related.

Megaspeed bought billions in Nvidia hardware while Alice Huang was a top executive

Alice Huang, also known as Huang Le, is a Chinese citizen. She was listed as Megaspeed’s managing director for its first eight months and has described herself as its CEO, though she has since left. The company was spun off in 2023 from 7Road, a Chinese gaming and cloud firm partly owned by the Chinese government.Washington has been watching…