Espionage: Washington Suspects Chinese Businesswoman Close to Nvidia Chief of Working for Beijing, Which Denies It

Nvidia’s board opened an independent investigation into CEO Jensen Huang on November 8, 2026, following New York Times reports that U.S. intelligence suspects Alice Huang, a Singapore-based executive at a Nvidia customer, of having been recruited by Chinese intelligence. Beijing called the reports “groundless speculation,” while Nvidia said it had no reason to believe its security or trade secrets had been compromised. Jensen Huang wrote to employees acknowledging that he had been unfaithful to his wife, without addressing the espionage allegations. Republican leaders of three House committees invited him to answer questions in a closed-door meeting, amid U.S. restrictions on AI chip exports to China.