Suspected China spy linked to Nvidia's ex-boss left in 2025, Megaspeed says

Image source, ReutersImage caption, The Nvidia scandal has sent shockwaves through Silicon Valley as well as the political establishment.

• How the Jensen Huang scandal created a headache for business-friendly SingaporePublished2 days ago.

Publicado em 15 de novembro de 2026, 14:56 GMT.

Alice Huang, suspeita de espionagem chinesa vinculada ao ex‑chefe da Nvidia, Jensen Huang, deixou seu cargo executivo na Megaspeed em agosto do ano passado, afirma a empresa.

Jensen Huang resigned as chief executive of the AI chip-making giant Nvidia after it emerged he had allegedly had affairs with Alice Huang as well as with one of his employees.

Megaspeed is the biggest buyer of Nvidia chips in South East Asia and the scandal at Nvidia has raised questions about the possibility that high-end AI chips may have ended up in China despite US export restrictions.

A empresa com sede em Cingapura disse no domingo que havia iniciado uma investigação interna sobre seus negócios.

Megaspeed said it was aware of reports "containing assertions about our business, supply chain and global operations that are not supported by verifiable evidence.

Ele acrescentou que “conduz negócios legítimos e legais” e que “contratou assessoria jurídica externa para conduzir uma investigação interna minuciosa”.

Also on Sunday, US Congressman John Moolenaar said that Jensen Huang has agreed to testify before the Select Committee on China, which he chairs, as well as the House Foreign Affairs and the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence.

The committee heads had threatened to issue subpoenas to Huang if he did not comply with their requests to testify.

Moolenaar told CBS, BBC's US partner, that none were ultimately issued. Huang's testimony is expected to take place behind close doors, with the dates still being finalised.

Isso vai ser uma reunião muito importante para entender em que medida informações privilegiadas foram acessadas, e em que medida esse suposto espião chinês potencial influenciou a filosofia da Nvidia e pode ter influenciado algumas de nossas políticas em relação à IA e controles de exportação," disse o congressista ao programa Face The Nation.

Separately, a group of tech leaders, including Space X's Elon Musk, have been trying to rally support to have Huang reinstated as Nvidia CEO.

Um representante de Huang recusou-se a comentar um relatório no Financial Times Sunday que sugeria que ele estava discutindo um retorno à empresa que co-fundou.

On Friday, US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent blamed fellow Trump cabinet colleague Howard Lutnick's commerce department for failing to properly oversee the export of high-end chips.

Bessent told CNBC that several agencies "were in favour of putting Megaspeed on the entity list for months... but Commerce has the pen... and you will have to ask them about their internal process.

A chamada lista de entidades restringe o comércio dos EUA com empresas e indivíduos no exterior.

Lutnick has been called to testify before the Senate Banking Committee next month over his department's role in allowing Nvidia to export its advanced chips.

Outros comitês do Congresso pediram tanto a Lutnick quanto ao seu departamento que mantenham todos os registros relacionados à Nvidia e Jensen Huang.

Megaspeed is suspected of giving backdoor access to Nvidia chips to Chinese companies via its data centres in Malaysia, Indonesia and Thailand.

Figure caption, Watch: Who is suspected Chinese spy at centre of Nvidia affair investigation.

A Nvidia foi proibida de vender seus chips avançados à China.

While Singapore does not prohibit the transfer of advanced AI chips to companies abroad, such moves can breach US export controls.

Singapura afirmou que, embora não aplique os 'controles de exportação unilaterais impostos por outros países', espera que todas as empresas sob sua jurisdição respeitem tais regulamentos.

Megaspeed said it "designs and maintains its global operational and supply-chain control frameworks to comply with all applicable laws and regulatory regimes". It said this includes "US export control requirements and local jurisdiction rules in every market where we operate.

China has denied that Alice Huang is a spy and warned the US not to use the scandal as a "pretext for imposing a technological blockade" on AI technology.

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