Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang’s alleged affair with a Chinese businesswoman suspected of having links to Beijing’s intelligence network helped facilitate the shipment of at least $7.5 billion worth of Nvidia chips to China, The Information reported.
The allegations have raised questions about potential violations of U.S. export restrictions and intensified scrutiny of the world’s leading AI chipmaker.
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Alice Huang, a Chinese businesswoman also known as Huang Le, allegedly leveraged her connections with Nvidia’s CEO and its distributors to secure access to advanced artificial intelligence chips. She reportedly worked with her husband and sister to establish a network of companies across China and Singapore to procure the processors.
A key company in the reported network was Shanghai Century Litong, established in June 2023. It reportedly became a preferred Nvidia cloud partner within four months, allowing it to obtain priority access to the chipmaker’s products. According to the report, Alice Huang relied on her connections within Nvidia at a time when exports of certain advanced chips to China were restricted under U.S. regulations.
The network reportedly facilitated the transfer of approximately 240,000 processors, including H100, H200 and some A100 models, to China. The computing resources were subsequently linked to Chinese technology companies, including Alibaba and Tencent.
A separate part of the investigation concerns Megaspeed International, a Singapore-based cloud computing provider associated with Alice Huang. She held an executive position at the company, and corporate records show that she became a controlling shareholder in 2023. Its regional operations and connections to data centers have drawn additional attention to the movement of Nvidia hardware through Southeast Asia. However, these connections do not establish that export-control laws were violated.
Nvidia has commissioned an independent investigation involving board directors and external legal advisers to examine the allegations. The review will also assess whether Huang was approached or targeted as part of a foreign intelligence operation.
In a statement on Nov. 8, the board said it had found no evidence that confidential company information or U.S. national security information had been compromised. Huang has agreed to cooperate with the review.
Huang also addressed his personal conduct in an email to employees, acknowledging that he had been unfaithful to his wife and family. He did not provide further details.
President Donald Trump said he had spoken with Huang about the matter. Trump said the Nvidia chief was unaware of the businesswoman’s alleged intelligence connections.
“I did speak to him … He said he had absolutely no idea that the person in question was a spy,” Trump said.
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“I know the FBI is looking into it in terms of something else, and I think that he’ll be in good shape,” he added.
China has rejected claims linking its agencies to the reported affair and the other allegations.
The developments have also affected investor sentiment. Nvidia shares fell nearly 3% on Tuesday, following a decline of about 4% earlier.