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The New York Times claimed that the United States was monitoring a MegaSpeed executive who had close contacts with Huang Jen-hsun and who was suspected of being involved in Chinese espionage activities; Huang Jen-hsun said the cooperation was normal and Huida had also checked the flow of chips.
The New York Times reported on the 29th that US intelligence agencies monitored a person related to Nvidia (Huida also known as Nvidia) CEOJen-Hsun Huang A Chinese executive at a Singapore data center operator who had close contacts was identified by US authorities as Chinesedetective Suspected of gathering intelligence for Beijing. However, Huang Renxun said in an interview that Huida’s dealings with the company were “normal”. The Huida spokesperson also said there was nothing unusual in Huang’s conversation with the executive.
According to reports, the executive is Alice Huang of Singapore-based data center operator MegaSpeed, who is suspected of taking Huida’s advanced chips to China and helping leak intelligence to Beijing. US President Trump received a relevant intelligence information about a year ago, but he decided not to take action at the moment, because he was afraid that it would disrupt Huida’s chip sales and increase uncertainty in US-China trade relations.
According to US export control rules, China is not allowed to buy Huida’s high-performance AI chips, also known as graphics processing units (GPUs). QZ reported that Huang Renxun said in an interview with Bloomberg News on the 29th that the relationship between Huida and MegaSpeed’s senior management was not inappropriate, and the company had also investigated to confirm that MegaSpeed did not illegally send Huida’s AI processors to China.
“We’ve studied all the GPUs they’ve deployed, every single one of them,” he said. “I think the U.S. government has done the same thing.”
Huang Zhenxun described his conversation with Huang Le as simply routine, in the same way he usually deals with Chinese customers and corporate executives. He also said that Huang Le had left MegaSpeed and that the US government had not informed him of its suspicions about Huang Le.
The New York Times reported that it is unclear how much contact Huang Le still has with MegaSpeed. People familiar with the matter said that the United States continues to monitor Huang Le, and related companies have continued to buy chips from Huida this year, but Huang Renxun has not received a “defensive briefing” until now. U.S. intelligence agencies sometimes provide such briefings to alert Americans targeted by foreign intelligence agencies about the potential intelligence threats they face.
When Trump first received the relevant briefing in 2025, US officials believed that Huang Renxun did not know that Huang Le was collecting intelligence for China. It is unclear whether intelligence officials have changed their assessment, but some senior Trump administration officials suspect Huang may have been aware of it. It is also unclear whether the US government did not inform Huang Jen-hsun to avoid jeopardizing surveillance operations. Intelligence officials are often reluctant to provide “espionage briefings” because informing Huang could expose Huang to surveillance.
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The report reported that US intelligence agencies monitored a MegaSpeed executive who had close contact with Huang Renxun and determined that he was suspected of gathering intelligence for China. So the outside world focused on whether Huang Renxun knew about it.
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Huang Renxun said that the transaction between Huida and Megaspeed was a normal business interaction, and his contact with the other party was no different from his normal dealings with Chinese customers and corporate executives.
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The article reported that Trump was briefed about a year ago, but he was concerned about the sale of the HUDA chip and affecting U.S.-China relations so he took no action at this time; In addition, informing Huang Renxun may also let people under surveillance know about it and affect intelligence operations.
