How Jensen Huang’s Yearslong Ties to Alice Huang Enabled Nvidia Chip Sales to China

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The report describes how Jensen Huang's relationship with Alice Huang allegedly helped a network of companies obtain Nvidia chips for shipment through Chinese firms, with at least $7.5 billion in chips involved since 2023. It says Alice Huang was reportedly identified by the U.S. government as a Chinese intelligence asset and details the role of Shanghai Century Litong, which became an Nvidia preferred cloud partner.

The relationship between Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang and Alice Huang, the woman that the U.S. government reportedly identified as a Chinese intelligence asset, dates back to at least 2023, and the two have built a rapport that facilitated the shipment of at least $7.5 billion worth of Nvidia chips through Chinese companies since then, according to two people who know her. Alice Huang, her sister and her husband have built a labyrinth of companies spanning China and Singapore to acquire Nvidia chips, according to the people who know Alice Huang and corporate registration records. At the center of that corporate network is Shanghai Century Litong, a China-based company that was founded in June 2023 and, by October, was added to Nvidia’s list of preferred cloud partners, a status that comes with priority access to Nvidia’s chips.