Ex-Nvidia boss Jensen Huang - probably - destroyed his marriage through affairs. The liaison with a suspected Chinese spy in particular shocked the company, which has lost trillions in market value. But it is not certain to what extent the woman is in the service of Beijing.
According to a media report, it is still not conclusively clarified whether Alice Huang - who coincidentally has the same last name as ex-Nvidia boss Jensen Huang - is a Chinese spy. Multiple sources told CNN that this has not yet been proven. US intelligence agencies would continue to work to clarify the connections between the businesswoman and the Chinese government.
Officials from the Office of the Director of National Intelligence reportedly said that the portrayal of Alice Huang as a Chinese spy was inaccurate and exaggerated. There is said to be disagreement about the strength of the evidence, the report continued.
US Attorney General Todd Blanche also recently announced that his office had not yet come to a conclusion as to whether Alice Huang was actually a spy. Donald Trump made similar comments. However, aides to the US president also told CNN that it was hard to believe that she was not acting as a government agent in Beijing - simply because she is a successful Chinese businesswoman working with one of America's most powerful companies.
It is possible that Alice Huang is not a classic secret agent, but rather passed on information to a limited extent - which in many countries could still be understood as espionage. Luca Manns, managing director of the Intelligence Services Research Center at the University of Cologne, told Deutschlandfunk Nova that in the end, China's aim is to unobtrusively access a large amount of small information that can later be put together to form a large puzzle.
The approach in the Jensen Huang case does not correspond to the typical approach of Beijing's secret services. "Usually China relies on a lot of low-threshold speeches. So that we don't discuss it like we are doing now." It's not about trained spies to gather information. Instead, ordinary people who are given the opportunity to go to the West are told: "It would be good if you brought us something too."
No longer wanted in Singapore
Huang is - or was - a manager at Megaspeed International, a Singapore-based data center company. The company is said to be a buyer of Nvidia chips and has been in the sights of the US Department of Justice and US Department of Commerce since 2024. The suspicion: Megaspeed smuggled restricted Nvidia chips into China.
Trade Secretary Howard Lutnick is currently under a lot of pressure for not issuing any restrictions on megaspeed. Companies that could pose a risk to the United States usually end up on an entity list.
According to a statement in February 2025, Singapore's Ministry of Home Affairs opened an investigation into Megaspeed and its executives, including Alice Huang. It concerned possible misrepresentations in connection with the purchase of servers and other related offenses.
However, the ministry said it was not being investigated for espionage. In June 2025, Alice Huang's passport was confiscated because she had no residence in Singapore and her presence should be ensured in the ongoing investigation.
Ultimately, Singaporean investigators concluded that there was not enough evidence that Alice Huang had committed any crimes. However, she is said to have given false information in interviews in order to downplay her role in the “Megaspeed scandal”. “She received a strict warning and an entry ban,” the Interior Ministry said. Alice Huang got her passport back and is said to have left Singapore on the same day.
Jensen Huang: “I’m a piece of shit”
A statement regarding the allegations that the company smuggled Nvidia chips into China is currently appearing on Megaspeed's homepage. It says it takes obligations to comply with US export control laws extremely seriously and strives to work constructively and transparently with the US government. A law firm from the United States has been hired to “independently review” export control compliance practices.
The Chinese government unsurprisingly rejected allegations of espionage. Foreign Minister Guo Jiakun spoke in Beijing of fictitious allegations and slander. The fact that the Chinese government publicly admitted espionage activities in a large US company would have been more than a surprise.
Jensen Huang admitted the affair with Alice Huang last week. He and Nvidia had previously denied the relationship. Jensen Huang has since resigned from his post. The company will initially be led by CFO Colette Kress. The 63-year-old is now said to have resigned. "Bloomberg" reported, citing a confidant, that Jensen Huang said he "didn't care" and that he was a "piece of shit."
