Alice Huang: The woman at the center of Nvidia's alleged spy scandal

Alice Huang, a Chinese executive identified by US intelligence as a Chinese asset, is at the center of an alleged spy scandal involving Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, with whom she had a personal relationship and business dealings to acquire advanced AI chips. Huang, whose Chinese name is Huang Le, restructured a company called Megaspeed through a Singaporean shell company to bypass US export bans, enabling billions of dollars in Nvidia AI chip purchases. She met Jensen Huang in December 2023 in Singapore, and Megaspeed was named an Nvidia cloud partner days after the ownership change. US officials concluded she was a Chinese intelligence asset, and Jensen Huang acknowledged an affair with her in November 2026. Huang's background includes work in Shanghai finance, including at HSBC and CITIC Securities, and ties to a business partner named Kang Wei. Megaspeed secured over $4 billion in Nvidia chips between 2024 and 2026, with Alibaba as a major customer. She was monitored by Taiwanese authorities and investigated in Singapore, while China has denied espionage claims.