Nvidia's relationship with Trump comes under scrutiny after reports that Jensen Huang was targeted by Chinese intelligence agencies
Nvidia’s Trump ties draw scrutiny after reports Huang was targeted by Chinese intelligence
According to The New York Times, U.S. intelligence agencies determined that Alice Huang, an executive at Singapore cloud computing company Megaspeed, passed information to Beijing and had close ties to Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang; Huang admitted the extramarital affair to employees on Sunday and apologized, and the Nvidia board has launched an independent investigation. Republican committee leaders in the House of Representatives demanded that Huang receive a closed-door briefing on his relationship with Alice Huang, saying the reports raise national security concerns about China obtaining sensitive U.S. technology; Senator Warren said she is ready to block legislation on advanced AI chips flowing to the Chinese military. At least $26 million from Nvidia went to Trump-related projects, and third-quarter federal lobbying spending reached a record $2.15 million; after multiple meetings between Huang and Trump, the U.S. government successively relaxed restrictions on sales of H20 and H200 chips to China, but Beijing has not yet approved large-scale imports of H200. According to The New York Times, Trump had received the relevant intelligence briefing in October 2025 but took no action.