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GPU access claims feature in report on Alice Huang investigation

South Korea's public broadcaster examines the Megaspeed executive's reported connections and the risks surrounding Nvidia's reliance on Jensen Huang.

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Alice Huang reportedly told investors she could secure Nvidia graphics processors without difficulty and cited Alibaba as a customer. Those claims of access sit at the center of South Korea's Korean Broadcasting System (KBS) News report on the executive whose relationship with Nvidia chief Jensen Huang has come under scrutiny.

Presenter Kang Soo-min traces Alice Huang's emergence as an executive at Singapore data-center company Megaspeed in 2023. Citing the Financial Times, the report describes her boasts about obtaining Nvidia chips, hardware widely used to train and run artificial-intelligence systems.

But the report draws a distinction between her published résumé and a verified employment history. A Chinese private-equity information profile lists journalism jobs at CCTV and Hunan TV, followed by positions at HSBC, Shanghai Hexi Investment and state-owned CITIC Group. The broadcaster says those employment claims have not been confirmed. It also cites Chinese financial outlet Caixin's account of her postgraduate studies at Hong Kong Baptist University.

The segment says U.S. intelligence officials suspect Chinese intelligence recruited Alice Huang after learning of her closeness to Jensen Huang. That is an intelligence assessment reported by the broadcaster, not an established finding of espionage. It includes CNN reporting on photographs of the pair drinking wine at a California golf resort, posted to her WeChat account in September 2024.

The report says congressional inquiries, an FBI investigation and a shareholder class action have followed. It also reports that Nvidia shares fell more than four percent in the November 9 trading session.

Archival footage shows President Donald Trump defending Jensen Huang, saying the executive told him he did not know Alice Huang was a spy. Trump's wording does not itself establish the allegation.

Harvard Business School professor David Yoffie broadens the issue beyond the investigation: Huang is central to both Nvidia's technology and financing across the AI industry, he says, adding, "And Jensen has no successor." The report closes by saying Alice Huang's whereabouts are unknown; suggestions that she is in China remain unconfirmed.

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