Context: suspicions about Jensen Huang and Alice Huang’s ties circulated before the FBI opened its investigation
Months before it became a public scandal, the allegations appeared in documents presented to U.S. officials before the Trump–Xi summit in May. According to reports, the case involved suspicions that Alice Huang, associated with Megaspeed, had been recruited by Chinese intelligence services and that she had repeatedly interacted with Jensen Huang, amid concerns about China’s access to Nvidia chips subject to export restrictions.
At the same time, U.S. authorities had been investigating Megaspeed for some time: the investigation reportedly began in late 2024, after packaged Nvidia chips were found at a data center in Malaysia. Against the backdrop of tensions over technological security, the case also reached Congress, where Republicans asked Huang to participate in a closed-door hearing scheduled for November 18, 2026.
