How did Jen-Hsun Huang get past the U.S. Congress? The key to the closed-door briefing lies in these two questions.

Nvidia CEO Jen-Hsun Huang was asked by three U.S. House of Representatives committees to attend a closed briefing to explain his dealings with Huang Le, also known as Alice Huang, a senior executive at Singapore-based data center operator Megaspeed, and how Nvidia prevents foreign intelligence activities and protects sensitive information. The three committee chairs asked Huang to attend on November 18 and confirm it before November 11, or propose other feasible dates.

"Reuters" reported that the letter, dated November 4, was jointly sent by House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Brian Mast, Chairman of the Special Committee on China John Moolenaar, and Intelligence Committee Chairman Rick Crawford. The three said that recent reports have raised major national security concerns about China's access to sensitive U.S. technology and information, and that Congress needs to clarify the related risks.

The first item that Congress asked Huang Renxun to explain was his dealings with Huang Le and whether this relationship involved foreign intelligence activities; the second item was Huida's corporate information security management, including how to prevent foreign forces from obtaining sensitive information through customer contacts.

This request is related to a previous report by The New York Times. The newspaper quoted U.S. officials as saying that the U.S. is investigating Huang Le and is paying attention to her relationship with Huang Renxun and whether Megaspeed, where she works, is involved in transferring advanced AI chips that are subject to export restrictions to China.

In response to the congressional request, Huida did not directly comment on the letter, but told Reuters that Huang Renxun meets with thousands of senior customer executives every year and that the information obtained by Asia Cloud customers is limited to general commercial content and does not involve Huida's sensitive business secrets or U.S. national security-related information.

Huida also stated that the company often receives relevant person and enterprise risk information from the U.S. government and has always taken corresponding measures based on this information.

The current requests from the three committee chairs are closed-door briefing requests, not subpoenas, and Huang Renxun has not yet confirmed whether he will attend. If the briefing takes place, the core issues Huang Renxun will face are still his dealings with Huang Le and how Huida prevents foreign intelligence activities and protects sensitive information.