US probes Chinese spy plot targeting Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang

the us investigated a chinese spy plot aimed at nvidia ceo jensen huang, with a focus on alice huang, a top executive at singapore-based ai cloud firm megaspeed. us intelligence agencies surveilled alice huang for about a year due to concerns she could gather information on nvidia's plans and trade secrets, given her close relationship with jensen huang. however, nvidia denied these allegations, stating that jensen huang's interactions with alice huang were ordinary business meetings, and that regional cloud customers like megaspeed receive only ordinary business information, not sensitive trade secrets. the investigation was part of a larger probe into megaspeed's alleged reselling of restricted ai chips to chinese companies, which was reported by the new york times in 2025.