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The New York Times reported that Huang Renxun had been targeted by Chinese espionage networks, and Huang Le, a close relative, was considered by the United States to have provided intelligence on behalf of Beijing. So the White House and US officials were extremely cautious.
The New York Times exclusively reported on the 29th that Jensen Huang, the founder of artificial intelligence (AI) chip giant Nvidia (also translated as Nvidia), has become the target of Chinese espionage networks. Alice Huang (also known as Alice Huang, also known as Huang Le, a senior executive at Singapore cloud service provider MegaSpeed, who is closely related to Huang) was discovered by US authorities as a Chinese intelligence agent responsible for passing information to Beijing. President Trump was briefed about the investigation results nearly a year ago, but later chose to remain silent.
The report notes that Washington has been working hard to prevent China from overtaking or surpassing the United States in the fierce global competition in artificial intelligence (AI) development for several years. The discovery that Beijing was able to obtain intelligence through a person with direct access to Huang Jen-hsun alarmed the White House.
Trump is wary of disrupting Huawei’s chip sales, which help boost the economy and stock market, and further complicating trade relations with China.
US officials had previously been suspicious of Huang Le, suspecting that he had helped China evade sanctions and obtain advanced AI chips. However, Huang Le’s direct message to Beijing has made US officials even more uneasy because Huang has direct knowledge of Trump’s key issues related to China-US relations, some of which may be raised during Trump’s visit to China next month.
Another question is whether Huang Le is collecting intelligence on Huida. After all, Huida represents the United States’ leading position in developing cutting-edge AI models more than any other company.
People familiar with the matter said that so far, Huang has not received any reminder briefing from US officials. American citizens targeted by foreign intelligence agencies sometimes receive briefings. Officials said that the US surveillance of Huang Le is still ongoing, and companies related to Huang Le are still purchasing Huida chips this year.
Huida told The New York Times that MegaSpeed, which hired Huang Le, was no different from Huida’s other clients in this area. Earlier, the media had reported that Singapore companies were smuggling chips into China. Huida later conducted an internal investigation and issued a statement denying it.
Huang Le is a Chinese female entrepreneur and investor who later became a senior executive at MegaSpeed. In the final days of the Biden administration, the US Commerce Department suspected that MegaSpeed secretly helped China avoid sanctions and obtain Huida chip computing power. Huang Le was released after investigation in Singapore in 2025.
Huang Le’s profile on the Chinese Internet is relatively sparse. She describes herself as the CEO of Megaspeed, but company documents have removed her from the CEO position. After the United States launched an investigation, Huang Le curtailed MegaSpeed’s activities.
Huida spokesman John Rizzo said there was nothing unusual in Huang’s conversation with Huang Le. Meeting customers is part of the CEO’s job, and Huang talks to thousands of customers every year.
Rizzo said: “HUIDA believes that if the US government believes someone is a threat to US industry, it will inform us.” He said customers like MegaSpeed receive general business information, not sensitive HUDA trade secrets, and it does not include national security information at all.
MegaSpeed told The New York Times that the company’s current leadership takes this matter seriously and will determine the truth of these allegations. The statement said it has hired external lawyers to conduct an internal investigation and has informed the US government that it will cooperate fully.
People familiar with the matter said the United States is conducting electronic surveillance on Huang Le and discovered that he has been in contact with an American citizen. Government agencies have used the “unmasking” process to prove that it is Huang, a US citizen.
