Key facts
- Mast, Moolenaar and Crawford asked Jensen Huang for a closed-door briefing on November 18, per a letter seen by Reuters.
- The lawmakers cited a New York Times report and asked about Nvidia's "security protocols against foreign adversary espionage."
- Nvidia said Jensen Huang talks with "thousands of customer executives every year" and Asian cloud customers get ordinary business information.
- Nvidia said it receives US government updates on "parties and entities of concern and always act accordingly."
Three Republican committee chairs in the US House of Representatives asked Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang to give a closed-door briefing to Congress on November 18 about a New York Times report and about Nvidia's "security protocols against foreign adversary espionage," according to a letter seen by Reuters.
The letter, dated November 4, was signed by Brian Mast, who chairs the House Foreign Affairs Committee; John Moolenaar, who leads the China Select Committee; and Eric Crawford, who chairs the Intelligence Committee. They wrote that the report raises "significant national security concerns regarding (China's) access to sensitive U.S. technology and information" and that "it is vital that Congress determines the extent to which U.S. national security has been placed at risk."
The New York Times reported in October 2026 that US authorities were investigating Alice Huang, a former executive of Singapore-based Megaspeed, which buys AI chips from Nvidia. According to Reuters, US authorities have examined Megaspeed over suspicions it helped Beijing obtain advanced AI chips that are barred from shipment to China. The Times report alleged that Alice Huang had a close relationship with Jensen Huang and passed information to Beijing.
Nvidia did not comment on the letter. The company said Jensen Huang speaks with "thousands of customer executives every year" and that cloud customers in Asia receive ordinary business information, not sensitive Nvidia trade secrets or anything tied to US national security. Nvidia also said, "We often receive updates from the U.S. government regarding parties and entities of concern and always act accordingly."