Reports say Chinese intelligence recruited Alice Huang to target Nvidia’s Jensen Huang

U.S. intelligence reportedly identified Alice Huang, a Chinese business executive with a close relationship to Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, as an asset of China’s Ministry of State Security. Reports say she was recruited to gather information about U.S. AI chips and potentially influence Nvidia’s chip availability in China.

• A memo circulated among senior Trump administration policymakers last spring cited intelligence that Alice Huang was a Chinese spy, according to people briefed on the intelligence.· 2 sources
• The reports identify Alice Huang as a Chinese business executive with a close relationship to Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, and say she was recruited by China’s Ministry of State Security.· 2 sources
• The reported aims included collecting information about U.S. AI chips and potentially influencing Nvidia to make its most advanced chips available in China.· 2 sources
• The Verge identifies Alice Huang as a Megaspeed executive; the supplied New York Times snippet describes her more broadly as a Chinese business executive.· 2 sources