Nvidia chief reportedly a spy target
The gist
The New York Times reported Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang was seen as a target of a Chinese spy plot.
The case ties the AI chip export fight to Trump's circle and Nvidia's China business.
How it unfolded
- 2024 (around Computex 2024)Alice Huang was photographed sitting beside Jensen Huang alongside other executives at an informal event, in a LinkedIn post by NetThunder identifying her as Megaspeed Chairwoman Alice Wong.
- 2025 (around Computex 2025)About a year later, Alice Huang was again seen with Jensen Huang leaving a restaurant in Taipei alongside other business associates.
- 2025Megaspeed was accused of helping smuggle $2 billion worth of Nvidia chips.