House Republican chairs ask Nvidia's Huang for Nov. 18 briefing on alleged spy contact

Three House Republican committee chairmen have asked Nvidia chief executive Jensen Huang to brief them behind closed doors about his relationship with a Chinese executive. U.S. intelligence reportedly found that she was passing information to Beijing. The letter is dated Wednesday, Nov. 4, and became public Thursday ¹.

The chairmen are Brian Mast of Florida (Foreign Affairs), John Moolenaar of Michigan (Select Committee on China) and Rick Crawford of Arkansas (Intelligence). They invited Huang to an in-person briefing on Nov. 18 ¹. Nvidia reports quarterly earnings the day before, on Nov. 17 ¹.

What the reports say

The New York Times reported on Oct. 29 that U.S. intelligence officials concluded a top executive at Megaspeed International, a Singapore-based data center company, was passing information to Chinese officials. The Times named her as Alice Huang and said she had a "close relationship" with Jensen Huang ². The two are not related, as far as the cited reports show.

Some coverage has described the matter as a romantic relationship. The reports we reviewed do not say that. They also do not say Jensen Huang knew of any alleged spying. The Times also reported that President Trump was briefed on the findings about a year ago and took no action ¹. The White House had not answered ABC News' questions ².

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The Wall Street Journal reported that officials in at least three countries were concerned about Alice Huang passing information to China ⁴. Megaspeed and Alice Huang did not respond to ABC News ². China's Foreign Ministry called the reports "baseless and purely slanderous smears against China" ².

Nvidia's response

Nvidia did not say whether Huang will attend ¹. A company spokesperson told ABC News that "Jensen's interactions with Ms. Huang are not unusual or unexpected." The spokesperson added that the company is confident the U.S. government would tell it if it saw a threat ².

The chairmen wrote that China's access to sensitive U.S. technology is central to their committees' work ¹. They also asked about Nvidia's "security protocols against foreign adversary espionage" ¹.

It is vital that Congress determines the extent to which U.S. national security has been placed at risk.

The Democratic angle

Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts, the top Democrat on the Senate Banking Committee, said on Oct. 29 that Huang and the company's board owed Congress answers ⁵.

NVIDIA's Jensen Huang and NVIDIA's board owe Congress answers.

Democrats take control of Congress in January, and they have signaled more investigations of the tech industry ³. The letter went out the day after Republicans lost Congress in the midterms ³.

Why it matters

That matters because of chip policy. Nvidia has pushed for looser limits on chip sales to China, and critics say that gives away a key U.S. advantage to an adversary ³. In January, Huang persuaded Trump to allow advanced chip sales to China, in a deal giving the U.S. government 25% of the profits ².

Huang has advised Trump, attended a September White House state dinner for Chinese President Xi Jinping, and Trump personally owns Nvidia shares ². A Democratic-led Congress could ask whether those ties shaped policy. None of that is proven.

Next up is Nov. 18, the date the chairmen set for the briefing. Nvidia has not said whether Huang will be there ¹³.

The Record

1. Jan 1, 2026Huang persuaded Trump to allow advanced chip sales to China, in a deal giving the U.S. government 25% of the profits (reported as occurring in January) ².
2. Oct 29, 2026The New York Times reported U.S. intelligence concluded a Megaspeed executive, Alice Huang, was passing information to Beijing and had a close relationship with Jensen Huang ².
3. Nov 4, 2026Reps. Mast, Moolenaar and Crawford wrote to Huang asking for a closed-door briefing on Nov. 18 ¹.

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