FT: US government believes Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang had romantic relationship with suspected Chinese spy

The US government believes Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang was in a romantic relationship with a Chinese businesswoman suspected of being recruited as a spy by Chinese intelligence, the Financial Times reported Saturday (local time).

According to sources cited by the FT, US officials drafted a memo to that effect earlier this year based on intelligence gathered by US agencies.

The memo stated that Jensen Huang had been in a romantic relationship with Alice Huang, also known by her Chinese name Huang Le, an executive at Megaspeed, a Singapore-based data center company.

US intelligence authorities believe Alice Huang was recruited as a spy by China's Ministry of State Security (MSS), the country's primary intelligence agency.

The New York Times also reported that a memo produced by US intelligence agencies contained information identifying Alice Huang as an MSS spy.

The memo was shared with a small number of senior US government officials shortly before President Donald Trump traveled to China in May for a summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping, the FT reported.

Nvidia declined to comment on the relationship or the government memo. However, Jensen Huang had previously said he meets "thousands of customer executives every year."

The White House and the CIA also declined to comment. The FT said attempts to reach Alice Huang for comment were unsuccessful.

US authorities had investigated Megaspeed over allegations that it smuggled advanced Nvidia semiconductors into China in violation of US export controls. Nvidia said its own internal review found no evidence of wrongdoing.

The US Congress has called on Jensen Huang to appear in person to address his ties to the woman suspected of spying for China and the possibility that sensitive information may have been leaked.

According to Axios, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Brian Mast, House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party Chairman John Moolenaar and House Intelligence Committee Chairman Rick Crawford on Thursday called on Jensen Huang to testify before Congress and address the allegations against him.