The board of Nvidia said it will launch an independent investigation into whether chief executive Jensen Huang was targeted by a foreign intelligence effort, as scrutiny grows over his ties to a former executive of a Singapore-based company.
Independent directors and outside legal counsel will oversee the review, the board said in a statement. It said it has no reason to believe Nvidia’s confidential information or US national security was compromised, and that it has confidence in Huang and his leadership team. Huang said he supports the review and will cooperate.
Huang also told employees that he had been unfaithful to his wife, and apologized to his family and colleagues.
That admission concerns his personal conduct and does not establish the intelligence allegations.
What is alleged
US intelligence officials allege that Alice Huang, a former executive at Megaspeed, a Singapore-based data-centre company and Nvidia customer, was an asset of Chinese intelligence and was gathering information for Beijing. They also allege she had a close relationship with Huang.
China has rejected the allegations as groundless speculation.
Questions over Megaspeed
Separately, US authorities have examined whether Megaspeed helped restricted Nvidia chips reach China. Trade records show a Malaysian sister company linked to Megaspeed bought at least $4.8 billion worth of equipment containing Nvidia chips between June 2024 and February 2026.Singapore’s Ministry of Home Affairs said on Oct 31 that its officials had not made statements attributed to them in a newspaper article, and that it had not investigated Alice Huang on the basis described. It confirmed that investigations into Megaspeed are continuing. It added that between February 2025 and July 2026 Singapore charged four individuals and four companies over alleged fraud involving server suppliers.
Congress seeks briefing
On Nov 5, Republican lawmakers Brian Mast, chair of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, John Moolenaar, who leads the House China Select Committee, and Crawford, chair of the Intelligence Committee, requested a closed-door briefing from Huang. They asked about his relationship with Alice Huang and Nvidia’s safeguards against foreign espionage.
US President Donald Trump said he had not discussed the allegations with Huang. He spoke positively of Huang and said he should be heard before judgments are made.
Export rules
Nvidia’s chips are central to training advanced artificial intelligence systems, and Washington restricts their sale to China.
The US introduced major export controls in October 2022. In January 2026, the Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security said it would consider licenses for Nvidia H200 and comparable chips on a case-by-case basis. Conditions include security and compliance checks on Chinese buyers and independent testing in the United States.
Separately, the US Justice Department on March 25 charged a Chinese national and two US citizens with conspiring to smuggle controlled AI servers to China through Thailand. The department said the proposed deals were not completed. Public evidence does not link that case to Megaspeed. The defendants are presumed innocent.
