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Is it true that uS intelligence agencies believe an executive in Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang's circle is an informant for China?

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No conclusive verdict. TechCrunch adds that a top executive of the Singapore AI cloud company accused of illegally selling Nvidia chips to China could also have been a Chinese spy, citing the New York Times.

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US intelligence agencies believe an executive in Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang's circle is an informant for China
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The Decoder
Oct 29, 2026
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US intelligence agencies believe an executive in Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang's circle is an informant for China. Per the New York Times report, the executive is Alice Huang of Singapore data-center operator Megaspeed, and President Trump was briefed on the assessment about a year ago but took no action.

Source: The Decoder
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TechCrunch adds that a top executive of the Singapore AI cloud company accused of illegally selling Nvidia chips to China could also have been a Chinese spy, citing the New York Times.

Source: TechCrunch
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