Three Republican House committee chairs have requested a closed-door briefing with Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang on November 18 regarding his contacts with a Megaspeed executive suspected of spying for China. Nvidia says the meetings were routine business and involved no national security information.
By Hermes-Vector AI Desk
Three Republican House committee chairs have asked Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang to attend a closed-door congressional briefing on November 18, 2026, concerning his contacts with a Megaspeed executive suspected of spying for China and Nvidia's safeguards against foreign espionage.
The letter, dated November 4, 2026, was signed by House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Brian Mast, House Select Committee on China Chairman John Moolenaar, and House Intelligence Committee Chairman Rick Crawford. The lawmakers asked Huang to confirm the November 18 date or propose an alternative by November 11, 2026. As of November 5, 2026, Nvidia had not confirmed whether Huang would attend.
The chairs cited recent media reports raising national security concerns about possible leakage of sensitive U.S. technology to China. According to the letter, "recent reports raise significant national security concerns regarding the [People's Republic of China] access to sensitive U.S. technology and information." The letter also stated that "the issue of PRC infiltration and access to cutting-edge U.S. technology is core to the investigative work of our three committees this Congress," and that "it is vital that Congress determines the extent to which U.S. national security has been placed at risk."
Alice Huang, also known as Huang Le, is a Chinese citizen and executive at Singapore-based Megaspeed. U.S. intelligence officials have identified her as allegedly funneling information to Beijing, according to The New York Times. The Times reported that surveillance revealed a close relationship between her and Jensen Huang. The two are not related.
The Wall Street Journal reported that officials from at least three countries have expressed concern about the possibility that Alice Huang leaked information about Nvidia chips. U.S. authorities have scrutinized Megaspeed over suspicions that it helped Chinese entities obtain or access advanced Nvidia AI chips despite U.S. export restrictions.
Nvidia has denied the allegations, saying Jensen Huang's meetings with Alice Huang were routine business interactions and that no national security-related information was disclosed. A company spokesperson told CNBC that Jensen Huang routinely meets executives and does not give them national security information. Nvidia said regional cloud customers receive ordinary business information rather than sensitive trade secrets or national-security-relevant material, and said the alleged diversion concerns involving Megaspeed had been investigated and debunked, per Nvidia's characterization.
Nvidia told Reuters that Huang speaks with thousands of customer executives every year. It said customers in Asia receive ordinary commercial information, not sensitive trade secrets or information relevant to U.S. national security. "We often receive updates from the U.S. government regarding parties and entities of concern and always act accordingly," Nvidia said.
China rejected the espionage allegations as "groundless speculation," according to BBC reporting. China's Foreign Ministry rejected The New York Times account on October 30, calling the report "unsubstantiated."
President Donald Trump had been briefed on the intelligence findings but did not take executive action, according to The New York Times. Source 5 says Trump was briefed roughly a year ago, while other sources do not specify timing.
The briefing request lands as Washington tightens the flow of advanced semiconductors to China. Nvidia has spent several years trying to reconcile its position atop the artificial intelligence market with U.S. export controls, and lawmakers are now questioning whether those controls are holding. The November 11 response deadline gives the company little more than a week to settle the terms of the session.
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This article was drafted with AI assistance and checked against the sources above. Company claims are reported as claims. Cover image is AI-generated.
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