Nvidia CEO says dealings with Singapore firm under spy probe were routine

Nvidia chief executive Jensen Huang told reporters that the chipmaker’s relationship with Singapore-based Megaspeed International was "normal and not unusual" after a report said a Megaspeed executive is being investigated for providing information to the Chinese government. Huang said Nvidia had reviewed all deployments of its AI graphics processing units and confirmed none were illegally sent to China, a market barred from receiving the chips under U.S. export rules. "We've studied all their deployments of our GPUs and counted every one," he said, adding that the U.S. government had conducted its own review.

The New York Times story cited an investigation into the Megaspeed executive, identified as Huang Le, alleging she acted as a Chinese agent to evade export controls. Huang Le is no longer with Megaspeed, and Jensen Huang said his interactions with her were typical of those with Chinese customers and executives. He also said he had not been notified by the U.S. government of any suspicions regarding her.

The comments come amid heightened U.S. restrictions on technology exports to China, which have limited Nvidia’s sales in the country. While the company received limited permission under the previous administration to ship older AI products to China, actual shipments have been modest, partly because Beijing has restricted imports to promote its own chip industry. Nvidia has previously described allegations of smuggling its top-tier chips into China as a minor issue.