By Polly Davis Doig
Publication Date: 2026-10-29 17:42:00
US intelligence officials have zeroed in on an unexpected figure in America’s tech battle with Beijing: Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang. In an exclusive, the New York Times reports that American agencies found that a senior executive at Singapore-based data-center firm Megaspeed, Alice Huang (also known as Huang Le), has been working as an asset for Chinese intelligence—and that she had cultivated a close relationship with Jensen Huang, whose company dominates the advanced AI chip market. Investigators already suspected Megaspeed of helping China sidestep US chip controls; learning that Alice Huang was allegedly feeding information directly to Beijing, while simultaneously in contact with the Nvidia chief and a key Trump ally, triggered alarm in Washington.
Per the Times, Trump was briefed about the findings roughly a year ago and opted not to act, wary of disrupting Nvidia’s booming business in China and the broader trade relationship between the two…
