Three senior US Republican lawmakers have asked Nvidia chief executive Jensen Huang to attend a closed-door congressional briefing on 18 November 2026 following allegations that a former executive at one of its customers passed information to Beijing.
The request, announced on 5 November, concerns Huang's dealings with Alice Huang, also known as Huang Le, formerly of Singapore-based Nvidia customer Megaspeed.
The lawmakers also want answers about Nvidia's safeguards against foreign espionage. The allegations do not establish wrongdoing by Jensen Huang.
Congressional Leaders Seek 18 November Briefing
House Foreign Affairs Committee chairman Brian Mast, China Select Committee chairman John Moolenaar and House Intelligence Committee chairman Rick Crawford signed the letter dated 4 November.
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They asked Huang to accept the 18 November date or propose an alternative by 11 November. His attendance has not been publicly confirmed.
'It is vital that Congress determines the extent to which U.S. national security has been placed at risk,' the lawmakers wrote. The briefing would examine Huang's reported contacts and Nvidia's security procedures.
What the Intelligence Reporting Alleged
On 29 October, The New York Times reported, citing people briefed on classified surveillance, that US intelligence agencies had assessed Alice Huang was passing information to Beijing.
The newspaper said surveillance revealed she had developed a close relationship with Nvidia's chief executive.
The underlying intelligence has not been publicly released. The reporting does not establish that Jensen Huang knowingly assisted espionage or passed confidential Nvidia information to her.
US authorities have separately scrutinised Megaspeed over suspicions that it helped customers in China obtain advanced Nvidia chips subject to export restrictions. Those suspicions are not findings of unlawful conduct.
Megaspeed told The New York Times that its leadership was taking the allegations seriously and had retained outside counsel to conduct an internal investigation.
Nvidia Rejects Suggestions of Sensitive Disclosures
Nvidia told Reuters that Huang speaks with thousands of customer executives every year. It said customers in Asia receive ordinary commercial information, not sensitive trade secrets or information relevant to US national security.
'We often receive updates from the U.S. government regarding parties and entities of concern and always act accordingly,' Nvidia said. It did not comment directly on the lawmakers' letter.
In remarks reported by Bloomberg on 29 October, Huang described Nvidia's relationship with Megaspeed as 'normal and not unusual'.
He said the chipmaker had reviewed the customer's GPU deployments and found no evidence of illegal diversion to China. That is Nvidia's position, not an independently established finding.
Singapore Disputes Intelligence-Investigation Claim
Singapore's Ministry of Home Affairs said on 31 October that its officials had not investigated Alice Huang over alleged links to Chinese intelligence, disputing that aspect of a Wall Street Journal report. It separately confirmed ongoing investigations into Megaspeed.
China's Foreign Ministry rejected The New York Times account on 30 October, calling the report 'unsubstantiated'.
The next deadline is 11 November, when lawmakers have asked Huang to respond. No public evidence cited in the briefing request establishes that Nvidia's confidential information was compromised.
