NVIDIA founder and CEO Jensen Huang during his GTC 2026 keynote at the SAP Center in San Jose, 16 March 2026 Credit: TNW Three Republican House committee chairs have asked Nvidia chief executive Jensen Huang to attend a closed-door briefing on 18 November. They want to ask about his contacts with Alice Huang, a former executive at Megaspeed, and how Nvidia guards against spies. John Moolenaar, Brian Mast, and Rick Crawford sent the letter on Wednesday, according to a\u00a0China Select Committee statement. They lead the China, Foreign Affairs, and Intelligence committees.<\/p>\n
Huang has until 11 November to say yes or offer another date. The request follows a\u00a0New York Times report\u00a0on 29 October. The Times said US spy agencies had watched Alice Huang for about a year over her ties to China. Officials feared she could learn about Nvidia\u2019s plans.<\/p>\n
The Times also reported that officials did not believe Jensen Huang knew she might be gathering information for China. Neither of them has been charged. The two are not related. Megaspeed, a Singapore firm that buys Nvidia chips, has said it hired outside lawyers to look into the claims,\u00a0Forbes reported.<\/p>\n
US officials have also looked into whether the company helped China get\u00a0restricted Nvidia chips. It is not clear whether Huang will attend. Nvidia did not say when asked by\u00a0Semafor\u00a0on Friday. \u201cWe\u2019re confident that if the U.S. government believes that any person is a threat to American industry, it would let us know,\u201d Nvidia spokesman John Rizzo told Semafor. Huang has said no to Congress before.<\/p>\n
In June, he declined Senator Elizabeth Warren\u2019s\u00a0invitation to testify\u00a0on Nvidia\u2019s sales to China. Warren is expected to chair the Senate Banking Committee next year, Semafor reported.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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