Jensen Huang's relationship with alleged Chinese spy Alice Huang reportedly led to S$9.6 billion in chips shipped to China

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang's alleged extramarital affair with Alice Huang reportedly led to shipment of at least US$7.5 billion (S$9.6 billion) worth of Nvidia chips to Chinese firms, Reuters reported, citing The Information. Alice Huang, a former executive at Singapore-based Megaspeed, is suspected of being a spy for the Chinese government. On Nov. 8, Jensen Huang admitted to an affair, leading to the launch of an independent investigation by Nvidia's Board and a lawsuit from the company's shareholders. The U.S. government imposes restrictions on the export of advanced Nvidia chips to China. Moving supplies Citing The Information, Reuters wrote that Alice built a network of companies across China and Singapore to acquire chips from Nvidia together with her husband and sister. A China-based company company Shanghai Century Litong, founded in June 2023, is at the centre of this network. By October that year, it had secured priority access to Nvidia's chips after attaining preferred cloud partner status. Century Litong was initially linked to Alice Huang's sister, Huang Yu, through a founding shareholder she controlled. However, Huang Yu's ties to the company ended in 2024. When orders for export-restricted Nvidia chips stalled, Alice used her relationship with Nvidia and its distributors to move supplies into China. Century Litong rented computing capacity and operated data centres equipped with Nvidia chips, including some barred from sale to China, Reuters wrote. Some of these chips eventually served Chinese tech firms like Alibaba, Tencent and smaller AI labs, according to The Information's report. Firms like TenCent are investors in leading Chinese AI companies such as DeepSeek. Reuters reported that Nvidia did not respond to its queries about The Information's report. Alibaba, Tencent, Megaspeed and Shanghai Century Litong were not available for comment at press time. Reuters also wrote that it could not independently verify the report. Previous media reports alleged that Alice had used her ties with Nvidia's CEO to advance her business interests, including for Singapore-based data centre firm Megaspeed. Megaspeed was previously accused of aiding Chinese firms in bypassing U.S. export restrictions to access Nvidia's advanced AI chips, a charge the company has denied. Questions surrounding the relationship between Jensen Huang and Alice Huang were first surfaced by the New York Times in October 2025. The U.S. chipmaker and its CEO are now facing a lawsuit brought by shareholders, accusing them of concealing the CEO's relationship to Alice. Related stories