China’s Ministry of State Security recruited Megaspeed executive Alice Huang to gather intelligence on Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, according to The New York Times. The reported operation targeted information about American AI chips. The intelligence service also sought to potentially sway Nvidia into making its most advanced chips available to China.
Megaspeed is a customer of Nvidia, the NYT reported. Alice Huang, who is not related to Jensen Huang, is described as having ties to senior executives across the AI chip industry, including leaders at Gigabyte. The NYT characterized her relationship with Jensen Huang as close.
The NYT first reported last week that Jensen Huang was viewed as the target of a Chinese spy plot, detailing the relationship between the two. The detail that the MSS had recruited Alice Huang is new.
President Trump, who is described as friendly with Jensen Huang, was briefed on the relationship last year but did not take action, according to the report. The disclosure puts the federal government’s handling of the matter into public view.
On Thursday, three House committees asked Jensen Huang to appear for a joint, closed-door briefing on his interactions with Alice Huang. The request marks a formal step by lawmakers examining the relationship.
Nvidia’s position as a key supplier of AI chips gives the reported intelligence effort a direct US policy dimension, touching on export controls and which advanced semiconductors reach China. Megaspeed’s status as an Nvidia customer places the executive at the center of that supplier relationship. The White House and the House committees are now part of the story’s Washington context.
The NYT’s reporting does not specify what information, if any, was passed. It also does not indicate whether Jensen Huang has agreed to the briefing request. Nvidia has not commented publicly on the account.
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