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Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang may have been the target of a spy plot through 'Chinese intelligence asset,' report claims
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Multiple sources claim that a top executive at a Singapore AI firm suspected of steering Nvidia AI GPUs to China and who has close business ties with Jensen Huang was apparently passing information to Beijing as a Chinese intelligence asset.
Key facts
- Megaspeed was accused of helping smuggle $2 billion worth of Nvidia chips last year — She was photographed sitting beside Jensen Huang alongside other executives in an informal event around Computex 2024 in a LinkedIn post by NetThunder, identified as Megaspeed Chairwoman Alice Wong
- The suspect, Alice Huang or Huang Le, was listed as the managing director of Singaporean AI firm Megaspeed, an Nvidia cloud partner that builds data centers and rents out the compute to Chinese firms
- Multiple sources claim that a top executive at a Singapore AI firm suspected of steering Nvidia AI GPUs to China and who has close business ties with Jensen Huang was apparently passing information
Summary
While the U.S. flip-flops on chip sanctions, China is building its own chip supply market. China's CXMT targets 30% DRAM memory market share by 2030 with sixth mega-fab. The suspect, Alice Huang or Huang Le, was listed as the managing director of Singaporean AI firm Megaspeed, an Nvidia cloud partner that builds data centers and rents out the compute to Chinese firms like Alibaba. Megaspeed was accused of helping smuggle $2 billion worth of Nvidia chips last year. There have been multiple instances where Ms. Huang was spotted in public with the Nvidia chief.