Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang faces a November 18 congressional espionage inquiry

Three Republican House chairs set a November 18 deadline for Nvidia, the Silicon Valley chipmaker behind the advanced processors powering the artificial intelligence boom, to address national security concerns. House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Brian Mast, House Select Committee on China Chairman John Moolenaar, and House Intelligence Committee Chairman Rick Crawford formally requested that Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang appear at a joint, closed-door congressional briefing.

The session addresses Huang's interactions with a Singapore-based executive whom U.S. intelligence officials have linked to Beijing, as well as Nvidia's internal safeguards against foreign espionage. Alice Huang, also known as Huang Le, is a Chinese citizen and executive at Singapore-based Megaspeed whom U.S. officials identified as allegedly funneling information to Beijing, according to The New York Times.

Surveillance revealed a close relationship between her and Jensen Huang, though the reporting did not establish that the Nvidia chief knew of her alleged intelligence activity. U.S. authorities have also scrutinized Megaspeed over suspicions that it helped Chinese entities access advanced Nvidia AI chips despite export restrictions.

Nvidia called the interactions routine business engagement, adding that regional cloud customers receive ordinary business information rather than sensitive trade secrets, and said the diversion concerns had been investigated and debunked. China rejected the espionage allegations as groundless speculation, according to BBC reporting.

The three chairs asked Huang to confirm the November 18 date or propose an alternative by November 11. Nvidia was scheduled to report third-quarter earnings on November 17, one day before the proposed congressional session, adding logistical and reputational complexity to the moment.

President Trump had been briefed on the findings but did not take executive action, highlighting the tension between national security and America's dominant AI chipmaker. China rejected the espionage claims as groundless speculation.