House committee chairs seek a closed-door briefing with Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang on Nov. 18, as the board investigates reports of foreign intelligence targeting him and Nvidia’s program lists him for a Dec. 1 keynote.
Nvidia’s GTC Washington program lists Huang to speak at 2 p.m. ET (19:00 UTC). Nvidia presents the event as serving technical, industry, government and policy audiences. The listing shows he is scheduled to speak; it does not confirm he will attend.
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 asked Huang to attend the briefing. They want to discuss his interactions with Megaspeed executive Alice Huang and Nvidia’s safeguards against foreign espionage. The chairs asked him to accept the date or suggest another by Nov. 11. Their letter describes Alice Huang as a “publicly reported” Chinese intelligence asset; that is the committee’s allegation, not an established public finding.
Nvidia’s board opened an independent inquiry on Nov. 8 after reports that Huang had been targeted in a foreign intelligence effort. The board said it had “no reason to believe” national security or Nvidia secrets were compromised, and that the inquiry would review available information. On Nov. 10, independent directors retained former acting U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York Joon H. Kim and his firm, Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, to conduct the investigation.
TechCrunch reported Nov. 9 that Huang withdrew from the ElevenLabs Summit in New York, scheduled for Nov. 11; ElevenLabs confirmed the cancellation. The outlet also reported his withdrawal from the Anthropic CEO Forum.
A shareholder complaint alleges Nvidia and Huang misled investors about disclosures concerning his relationship with Alice Huang.
GTC workshops are scheduled for Nov. 30, with the conference and expo set for Dec. 1-3.
