House Republicans seek Nvidia CEO briefing on spy claims

Three senior House Republicans have asked Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang to brief Congress in private later this month. Their request follows a New York Times report that he had a close relationship with a Chinese businesswoman who U.S. officials believe passed information to Beijing, Reuters reported on Thursday, citing a letter it had seen.reuters.com

The letter is dated November 4 and signed by House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Brian Mast, China Select Committee Chairman John Moolenaar and Intelligence Committee Chairman Eric Crawford. It asks Huang to give a closed-door briefing on November 18 about the Times report and Nvidia's "security protocols against foreign adversary espionage," according to Reuters. The lawmakers wrote that the report raises "significant national security concerns regarding (China's) access to sensitive U.S. technology and information." They added that "it is vital that Congress determines the extent to which U.S. national security has been placed at risk."reuters.com

The Megaspeed connection

The letter asks about Huang's dealings with Alice Huang of Megaspeed. The chairmen called her "a publicly reported People's Republic of China (PRC) intelligence asset," Bloomberg Law reported. She is a former executive at the Singapore-based company, which buys AI chips from Nvidia. U.S. authorities have looked into whether Megaspeed helped Beijing get advanced chips that are barred from shipment to China, according to Reuters.news.bloomberglaw.com+1

The Times published its report on October 29, citing unnamed people briefed on the surveillance. It said U.S. intelligence agencies had monitored Alice Huang, also known as Huang Le, for about a year. The paper also reported that President Donald Trump was briefed but chose not to act, TweakTown reported. According to the Times, officials do not believe Jensen Huang knew of any intelligence activity, and he has not received a defensive briefing. The two are not related. The Times said a Malaysian sister company of Megaspeed bought at least $4.8 billion in Nvidia equipment between June 2024 and February 2026, according to a summary of the report.tweaktown.com+1

Nvidia and Beijing push back

Nvidia did not comment on the letter. It said Huang talks with "thousands of customer executives every year," and that cloud customers in Asia receive ordinary business information, not sensitive trade secrets or anything tied to U.S. national security, Reuters reported. "We often receive updates from the U.S. government regarding parties and entities of concern and always act accordingly," the company added.reuters.com

Nvidia had earlier said that allegations Megaspeed diverted chips "were thoroughly investigated and debunked last year," according to TweakTown. Megaspeed said it had hired outside legal advisers to run an internal investigation and had offered to cooperate with the U.S. government. China's foreign ministry spokesman Guo Jiakun called the Times report "groundless speculation" and "nothing more than an attempt to smear China," Slicast reported.slicast.com+1