New Delhi, Oct. 30 -- Nvidia chief Jensen Huang had a close relationship with a Chinese businesswoman whom US officials concluded was gathering intelligence for Beijing, the New York Times (NYT) reported. Alice Huang or Huang Le, a top executive at the Singapore-based data centre company Megaspeed was under surveillance for more than a year for diverting advanced Nvidia AI chips to China, the newspaper reported quoting US intelligence officials. According to the report, US intelligence officials were alarmed when they found that Beijing was getting information from someone with direct access to Nvidia chief, a key figure in the US' AI revolution as well as an influential ally of President Donald Trump. Trump was briefed about the intelligence findings who chose not to act amid concerns about chip sales and diplomatic relations with China. American officials suspected that Alice was helping China evade restrictions on its ability to gain access to advanced AI chips. US officials were troubled by the fact that Alice could be gleaning information about Nvidia which has played a key role in helping the US maintain its edge over China in artificial intelligence. In its response, Nvidia said that Megaspeed was like any other customer and that it had previously investigated and debunked claims the Singaporean company was smuggling chips to China. John Rizzo, a spokesman for Nvidia said, "Jensen's interactions with Huang [Alice] are not unusual or unexpected. Meetings with customers are part of a CEO's job; Jensen talks with thousands of customer executives every year." Megaspeed has been under US investigation since late 2024 when a Commerce Department official visited its data centre in Malaysia and found it to be suspicious. The Nvidia equipment was still packed in boxes, suggesting it was being shipped in or out rather than installed there. Singapore has conducted its own investigation into Megaspeed. In 2025, Singaporean authorities brought Alice in for questioning, but subsequently released her. The White House, the CIA and the National Security Agency all declined to comment on the issue. In a statement to NYT, Megaspeed said that its "current leadership" takes the matter "extremely seriously and is committed to getting to the facts behind these allegations". A person familiar with Megaspeed's operations said that Alice has become less active in the company in the wake of American investigations. When asked for comment on US investigations that Alice has been collecting intelligence on behalf of Beijing, Liu Chang, the spokesman for the Chinese Embassy in Washington, said the US was pursuing a campaign of "groundless smears and slanders" against China....