U.S. reportedly surveilled Megaspeed executive as possible Chinese spy

U.S. intelligence agencies reportedly surveilled Alice Huang, a top executive at Singapore AI cloud firm Megaspeed, for about a year to learn about her ties to China, the New York Times reported on 29 October. The New York Times said, citing anonymous sources, that Huang could have been a Chinese spy.

The sources said Huang had grown close to Nvidia chief executive Jensen Huang. They said she may have gathered information on Nvidia's plans and on his efforts to persuade the Trump administration to allow more advanced chip shipments to China.

The report included photographs of Alice Huang, also known as Huang Le, at business dinners with Jensen Huang in the Singapore region.

Nvidia said in an emailed statement that Jensen Huang's interactions with Alice Huang were not unusual or unexpected. The company said its regional cloud customers receive ordinary business information. It said this information is not sensitive trade secrets and has nothing relevant to national security.

Megaspeed has been accused of illegally selling Nvidia chips to China. The New York Times reported on 9 October 2025 that the Commerce Department had investigated Megaspeed for allegedly helping Chinese companies evade AI chip export rules by reselling restricted chips. Huang was reportedly a top executive at the company at that time.

TechCrunch published its account of the New York Times report on 29 October, written by Julie Bort. The full article is available on TechCrunch.

The report does not mention any charges, and no official government statement has been cited. The spy allegation and the surveillance details remain unconfirmed.