Spy in the service of China?: The woman who lured the Nvidia boss into the honey trap

The affair is extremely embarrassing for Nvidia boss Jensen Huang: a suspected Chinese spy is said to have been his lover. But who exactly is the woman and what is known about her relationship with Huang?

Tech manager Alice Huang is said to have carried out espionage for China during an affair with Nvidia boss Jensen Huang. Little is known publicly about the woman, also known as Huang Le, who is said to be a manager at the Singapore-based company Megaspeed International, which specializes in data centers. This is what we know about the suspected spy and the company:

Who is Alice Huang?

According to a report in the New York Times (NYT), Alice Huang is a Chinese citizen and was recruited by Beijing to collect information about Jensen Huang, the 63-year-old boss of the US computer chip giant Nvidia. Although the two share the same last name, they are not related.

Alice Huang speaks good English and is well connected in senior levels of the global AI chip industry, the newspaper reported, citing well-informed sources. The sector is a highly sensitive area for the USA and China: the two countries are in a race for advanced AI systems that can be used for military purposes.

An online search revealed a short profile of Alice Huang on the pages of a Chinese fund database: According to this, she previously worked at the bank HSBC and as a reporter for the Chinese state television CCTV and the broadcaster Hunan TV. Verification of the information has not yet been possible.

What is known about her relationship with Jensen Huang?

Last week, the media reported that the two had a close relationship. Jensen Huang admitted to an extramarital relationship in a statement sent to Nvidia employees on Sunday and said he was "deeply sorry" for having been "unfaithful" to his wife.

A photo published on the online service Linkedin from an industry party in 2024 shows Jensen Huang, dressed as usual in a leather jacket, next to a long-haired woman with sparkling jewelry. She is said to be Alice Huang.

The following year, the two attended a dinner at a Chinese restaurant in Taipei hosted by Jensen Huang during Taiwan's Computex tech trade show. Journalists filmed the scene from outside through the glass windows and doors: Jensen Huang and a woman identified as Alice Huang in a pink dress can be seen mingling with the other guests.

Footage also shows Jensen Huang once putting his arm around the woman who kisses him on the right cheek. She can also be seen following the Nvidia boss back into the restaurant after a conversation with journalists and stroking his lower back with her fingers. They both later leave the location in the same car.

What is Megaspeed?

U.S. officials concluded last year that Alice Huang had targeted the Nvidia boss as a spy, the Wall Street Journal and NYT reported. At the time, she was said to be a top manager at the data center company Megaspeed International.

The company rents computing power to other companies to run and train AI applications. The Megaspeed website says the company is "a core business partner of Nvidia's cloud computing power business in Asia Pacific." According to the Singaporean government, the company was previously called 7Road International, suggesting ties to Chinese gaming company 7Road.

According to its own information on Linkedin, Megaspeed has offices in Singapore, Malaysia and Indonesia. When AFP called the number listed on Megaspeed's website, it reached someone who said they didn't know the company and said it was a private line.

Did Megaspeed help China circumvent US export restrictions on computer chips?

The US government has been investigating Megaspeed since 2024 for potentially circumventing restrictions on chip exports to China, according to the NYT. Washington is limiting the export of Nvidia's most advanced computer chips to China, citing national security concerns.

At the same time, the company is said to be at the center of investigations in Singapore: According to NYT, Alice Huang was questioned by the authorities there in 2025. “Bloomberg News” also reported last year on a Singaporean investigation into allegations of chip smuggling to China. Megaspeed said in December last year that the report contained “misleading information and false insinuations, including suggestions that we could be involved in illegal chip transfers.”