The New York Times says China recruited an executive to spy on Nvidia

The New York Times reports that the Ministry of State Security (MSS), the intelligence agency of China, recruited Alice Huang to spy on Nvidia chief Jensen Huang. Alice Huang is an executive of Megaspeed, a customer of Nvidia. The newspaper says the goal was to find information about American AI chips. The source gives no confirmation.

What is claimed

The newspaper says the MSS enlisted Alice Huang to glean information about American AI chips. It also says the MSS wanted to influence Nvidia to push for its most advanced chips to be available to China.

The proof

The source gives no documents, no numbers and no comment from the persons named. It gives only the report of the newspaper.

What is not known

The source does not describe the work of Alice Huang. It does not say if the executive agreed. It says Alice Huang has relationships with executives at the highest levels of the AI chip industry. Leaders at Gigabyte, a maker of computer hardware, are in this group.

Insight: China seeks chip access by persons and by software

The newspaper says the MSS used an executive of a customer to spy on Nvidia. In October 2026, CrowdStrike said a China-linked group used AI agents on more than 200 organizations. This reads as one goal, access. It uses persons and software as the two tools, and a partner with close ties to a supplier is the weak point. Leaders must include partners in their risk plan.