US Congress asks Jensen Huang to explain his relationship with woman suspected of being a Chinese spy

The U.S. Congress summoned Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang to explain his relationship with a woman suspected of being a Chinese spy.

According to Axios on the 5th (local time), U.S. House Republicans Brian Mast, Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee, John Moulenard, Chairman of the Special Committee on U.S.-China Strategic Competition, and Rick Crawford, Chairman of the Intelligence Committee, sent a letter to Jensen Huang on this day, requesting that he attend a closed-door joint briefing of the three committees.

In the letter, they requested an explanation regarding the security system to protect NVIDIA from foreign hostile forces and their interactions with Alice Hwang.

"Recent reports raise significant national security concerns regarding China's potential access to sensitive U.S. technology and information," they said.

He continued, “It is very important for Congress to understand the extent to which America’s national security is exposed to risk.”

This request signals growing pressure from Congress to investigate the relationship between Alice Huang and Jensen Huang, who are suspected of being Chinese spies.

Alice Huang is a senior executive at Megaspeed, a data center company headquartered in Singapore.

He was photographed sitting next to Jensen Huang at a bar in Taiwan in June 2024 and drinking with other artificial intelligence (AI) company executives, and was also photographed with Jensen Huang in May of last year.

It is said that Alice Huang herself showed off her close relationship by posting a photo of herself with Jensen Huang on social media, and raised investment money based on this.

Previously, the New York Times (NYT) reported that Alice Huang was suspected of having a close relationship with Jensen Huang and leaking information to China. The NYT reported that President Donald Trump was also informed of this information by intelligence agencies, but did not take any action.

The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) also reported that authorities in at least three countries are concerned that Alice Huang may have leaked sensitive information about Nvidia chips to the Chinese government.

However, Nvidia denied the allegations, saying that the contact between Jensen Huang and Alice Huang was just a routine business exchange and that no national security-related information was leaked.

NVIDIA did not take a position on the House of Representatives' request to appear.

The Chinese government also previously dismissed suspicions of Chinese espionage targeting Nvidia as “unfounded speculation.”