Three Republican House committee chairs want Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang to brief them privately about his contacts with a Megaspeed executive and the company’s safeguards amid concerns over U.S. technology security.
The Nov. 4 letter came from House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Brian Mast, House Select Committee on China Chairman John Moolenaar and House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence Chairman Rick Crawford. They requested a joint, closed-door briefing for Nov. 18 in Room 2172 of the Rayburn House Office Building in Washington. Huang was asked to accept that date or propose another House session day by Nov. 11. EconoTimes previously reported on the chairs’ request for a briefing about Nvidia’s safeguards and Alice Huang.
The letter describes Alice Huang as a “publicly reported” Chinese intelligence asset but does not identify the reports behind that description or disclose supporting intelligence. It seeks answers about Jensen Huang’s interactions with her and Nvidia’s defenses against foreign espionage. The letter does not accuse Huang or Nvidia of knowingly sharing information with Beijing.
The New York Times reported that a memo circulated among Trump administration policymakers last spring cited intelligence alleging Alice Huang had been recruited by China’s Ministry of State Security to learn about Nvidia’s chief executive and U.S. AI processors. The Times also reported that she may have been positioned to influence Nvidia’s stance on sales of advanced chips to China. Separately, The Wall Street Journal said U.S. officials had concluded that Alice Huang was passing information to the Chinese government while working with Nvidia on data center projects in Asia.
Nvidia characterized Jensen Huang’s contacts with Alice Huang as routine business dealings, Axios and TechCrunch reported. The company said regional cloud customers do not receive sensitive trade secrets or information relevant to national security. AFP reported that Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Guo Jiakun rejected the espionage allegations and called them an attempt to smear China.
Nvidia’s fiscal 2027 third-quarter results call is scheduled for Nov. 17 at 5 p.m. ET (22:00 UTC), a day before the requested briefing. Huang’s response deadline is Nov. 11.
