China’s top spy agency recruited woman who targeted Nvidia’s Jensen Huang

Jensen Huang, CEO of Nvidia, delivers the keynote address at the Nvidia GTC in Berlin on Oct. 21. | BLOOMBERG

Nov 7, 2026

WASHINGTON – A memo that circulated among top policymakers in the Trump administration last spring cited intelligence that a Chinese businessperson who had a close relationship with Nvidia’s CEO was a spy for China’s Ministry of State Security, according to people briefed on the intelligence.

The businessperson, Alice Huang, was recruited to collect intelligence on Jensen Huang, Nvidia’s CEO, as part of a drive by Beijing’s top spy agency to learn more about U.S. AI chips and potentially influence the company to push for its most advanced chips to be made available to China, the people said.

Jensen Huang, an influential ally of President Donald Trump’s, is a pivotal figure in the intense global competition for AI supremacy. Nvidia’s advanced chips are sought after around the world, and the company’s growth has helped drive the stock market over the past several years.

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