> the recent leak that Alice Huang is not just a Chinese national, but that she works for or with Chinese intelligence
This was not a 'leak'; it was an allegation made by the NYT which they claimed was based on unnamed sources within USA intelligence agencies. With no evidence provided.
- Nvidia was making billions from China even though they claimed they weren't.
- That was done mostly through Alice Huang's Megaspeed company, which claimed to be a non-Chinese company.
- Alice Huang is a Chinese national.
- Megaspeed jump from a $30 million company in 2023 to a $3 billion company in 2024 thanks to a cash infusion from an unnamed source.
- Jensen and Alice were "very close"; Nvidia employees joking that Alice is "actually still our boss."
The main alarming piece that was missing then was the recent leak that Alice Huang is not just a Chinese national, but that she works for or with Chinese intelligence. It's a scandal without that bit, but that expands it from industrial shell games to a serious national security issue.