Alice Huang is a Chinese businesswoman and former managing director of Singapore-based Megaspeed who stands at the center of an independent investigation by Nvidia’s board following an admitted extramarital relationship by CEO Jensen Huang and U.S. intelligence suspicions regarding export enforcement.
Who Is Alice Huang?
Alice Huang, also known as Huang Le, is a Chinese citizen who built a career across media, finance, and technology, including artificial intelligence investment, according to Technology Org. She shares a surname with the Nvidia chief but has no family ties to him.
Prior to her involvement with data center firms, she worked within HSBC’s private banking division in Hong Kong and at CITIC Securities, as reported by The Independent. She also held senior executive positions at Chinese firm Shanghai Hexi Investment Co. from 2015 to 2017.
In 2023, she became a director at Singapore-based Megaspeed, a firm that rents out computing power to companies training AI models and describes itself as a core business partner of Nvidia’s computing power cloud business in the Asia-Pacific region.
Corporate registration records cited by The Independent show Megaspeed was originally incorporated in Singapore in 2015 as 7Road International before rebranding as Megaspeed International in March 2023, with all shares transferred to British Virgin Islands-registered Huang Le Limited. Research from Washington-based non-profit C4ADS showed Alice Huang became the controlling shareholder of Megaspeed that same month.
By November 2023, she was no longer listed as a director at Megaspeed, and her full shareholding was transferred to Tan Yong Pong, also known as James Tan. However, short seller Culper Research published a report in May citing a company employee who stated she was still the boss and remained involved in daily operations.
How Did Their Paths Cross?
As reported by Technology Org and The Independent, images captured by software firm NetThunder and shared on LinkedIn show the pair together at a Taipei bar during a tech sector gathering in June 2024. During the Computex trade show on May 22, 2025, they were once more seen together at a Chinese restaurant in Taipei during a dinner hosted by Jensen Huang.
Top policymakers received a memo outlining intelligence that Alice Huang was an operative for China’s Ministry of State Security, according to reporting by the New York Times cited by The Independent.
U.S. officials concluded last year that she was targeting the Nvidia chief to gather information on him and possibly influence Nvidia’s push to sell advanced chips to China. The precise duration of the affair and the timing of its conclusion remain unknown, and she couldn’t be reached for comment.
What Is the Megaspeed Chip Trail?
Trade records show that a Malaysian affiliate of Megaspeed bought at least $4.8 billion of equipment containing Nvidia chips between June 2024 and February 2026, Technology Org reported. U.S. authorities have investigated Megaspeed since 2024 over whether it steered Nvidia chips to China in violation of export restrictions.
Nvidia states its internal review found no evidence of illegal chip diversion, and that Megaspeed received only ordinary business information. Megaspeed says it is investigating the allegations, and there is no public finding that Alice Huang took part in any illegal diversion of chips.
Singapore’s Ministry of Home Affairs stated on October 31 that its authorities had not investigated her over the alleged intelligence links or reported relationship, while confirming that investigations into Megaspeed continue.
What Happened on November 8?
On November 8, Jensen Huang told Nvidia employees he had been unfaithful to his wife. “My actions hurt her and our children. There is no excuse for what I did. I am deeply sorry,” he wrote, without naming the woman involved. Media reports subsequently linked the relationship to Alice Huang.
In response to intelligence reports indicating its chief executive was the target of a foreign intelligence operation, Nvidia’s board initiated an independent inquiry on that very date.
Independent directors lead the review with outside counsel, and the board states it has no reason to believe U.S. national security or company secrets were compromised. Jensen Huang remains CEO and has pledged to cooperate, while Nvidia describes his contacts with Alice Huang as ordinary customer engagement.
