Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang’s affair with alleged Chinese spy: a timeline

Summary

• Jensen Huang admitted to cheating on his wife of 40 years in a public message to employees, linking his actions to national security concerns.
• U.S. officials believe Alice Huang, a Chinese citizen & Megaspeed executive, is a spy for China's Ministry of State Security who has been feeding information to Beijing.
• Alice Huang is of no relation to Jensen Huang.
• Megaspeed, a Singapore-based AI infrastructure company, purchased $4.8 billion in Nvidia chips over the last two years.
• The U.S. & Singapore investigated Megaspeed over suspicions that the firm illegally shared chips with China.
• Shanghai Century Litong, a Chinese company founded in 2023, became a Nvidia preferred cloud partner & facilitated buying $7.5 billion worth of Nvidia chips, including banned chips.
• Nvidia's head lawyer Tim Teter contacted Commerce Under Secretary Jeffrey Kessler in 2025 regarding questions about the Trump administration's role in detaining Alice Huang.
• In early 2025, Alice Huang & a business partner sought China-based investors for an Asian data center while promising they could secure GPUs.
• President Trump stated on November 8, 2026, that he believes Jensen Huang should remain chief of Nvidia & called him a "fine person."
• Nvidia shares slid over 5% following Huang's admission of infidelity.
• Three Republican committee chairmen requested a closed-door briefing with Huang regarding national security concerns about PRC access to U.S. technology.
• U.S. officials had been investigating Alice Huang & Megaspeed for more than a year before the New York Times reported their close relationship in late October 2026.
• A Nvidia spokesperson denied that Jensen Huang's interactions with Alice Huang were unusual, stating meetings with customers are part of a CEO's job.
• Secretary of State Marco Rubio supervised the drafting of a secret memo in Spring 2026 warning that Alice Huang was a spy.
• President Trump was briefed in late 2025 on intelligence findings regarding Alice Huang's relationship with Jensen Huang but did not take action.
• Jensen Huang has repeatedly advocated for the U.S. government to allow Nvidia to expand its business in China.
• Megaspeed was confirmed under investigation by the U.S. & Singapore in October 2025 for suspected export violations.
• Megaspeed rented computing power to Alibaba & other Chinese companies using Nvidia chips.
• A Commerce Department official visited Megaspeed's data center in Malaysia in 2024 & found a hoard of Nvidia equipment still packed in boxes.
• Jensen Huang was spotted socializing with Alice Huang in Taiwan as early as 2024.
• A Nvidia spokesperson stated in 2025 that the company had no reason to believe products had been diverted from Megaspeed.