House chairmen ask Nvidia’s Jensen Huang to brief Congress on espionage concerns

Nvidia says its customer meetings reveal no trade secrets or national-security information. Three House Republican committee chairmen want CEO Jensen Huang to explain his reported contacts with an executive accused of passing information to Beijing. Their letter asks Huang to give a closed-door briefing on November 18, 2026, about those contacts and Nvidia’s defenses against foreign espionage.

Three committees seek answers

The request comes from Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Brian Mast of Florida, Select Committee on China Chairman John Moolenaar of Michigan, and Intelligence Committee Chairman Rick Crawford of Arkansas. Their letter, dated November 4 and made public November 5, invites Huang to an in-person joint briefing, CNBC reported.

The chairmen seek information on two connected subjects: Huang’s interactions with Megaspeed executive Alice Huang, and Nvidia’s security protocols against espionage by foreign adversaries.

The lawmakers said access by the People’s Republic of China to sensitive U.S. technology is central to their committees’ investigative work. They said Congress needs to determine the extent of any national-security risk; the letter does not find that sensitive information was transferred.

It is vital that Congress determines the extent to which U.S. national security has been placed at risk.

House committee chairmen Brian Mast, John Moolenaar and Rick Crawford, in their letter to Jensen Huang

The allegations behind the request

The letter does not name the reports behind its request. It follows a New York Times investigation published the previous week into Alice Huang’s reported access to Nvidia’s chief executive. CNBC reported that the Times said U.S. intelligence had identified Alice Huang, a Chinese citizen, as funneling information to Beijing.

The Times also reported that she had developed a close relationship with Jensen Huang. Its account cited people briefed on intelligence surveillance and other sources.

The reported intelligence concern had also reached the White House. President Donald Trump was briefed about the findings roughly a year earlier and chose not to act on them, the Times reported, according to CNBC.

Nvidia defends the meetings, leaves attendance unanswered

Asked about the letter and whether Huang would attend, Nvidia did not directly answer either question. Instead, it gave CNBC a statement largely matching its earlier response to the Times.

A spokesperson said regional cloud customers receive ordinary business information, not sensitive Nvidia trade secrets or information relevant to national security. Nvidia said Huang speaks with thousands of customer executives each year and described those meetings as part of a CEO’s job.

Nvidia also said it was confident the U.S. government would notify it if someone posed a threat to American industry. Megaspeed did not immediately respond to CNBC’s request for comment. Huang’s attendance remains unconfirmed: November 18 is the date the chairmen requested, not an appearance Nvidia has agreed to publicly.