House GOP trio demands Nvidia CEO brief Congress on China ties by Nov. 18

Three senior House Republicans have requested that Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang appear for a closed-door briefing on Nov. 18. The lawmakers want to discuss the chipmaker's security protocols and its interactions with an executive at a regional customer.

House Select Committee on China Chair John Moolenaar, Republican of Michigan, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chair Brian Mast, Republican of Florida, and House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence Chair Rick Crawford, Republican of Arkansas, sent the letter. They stated that reports raise national security concerns regarding the People's Republic of China's access to sensitive U.S. technology. The group called it vital that Congress determines the extent of the risk to national security.

The request follows an October report by The New York Times. The paper alleged that American spy agencies found Alice Huang, an executive at Singapore-based Megaspeed, funneled information to Beijing. The report said Huang developed a close relationship with Jensen Huang, an ally of President Trump.

Nvidia previously told The Hill that Megaspeed is a regional customer. The company stated that the claims were debunked last year. A spokesperson for Nvidia said meetings with customers are part of a CEO's job and that Jensen Huang talks with thousands of customer executives every year. The company said its regional cloud customers receive ordinary business information, not sensitive trade secrets or information relevant to national security.

President Trump was briefed on the matter, according to The Times. Reports indicate he was hesitant to interfere with Nvidia's chip sales and the U.S. trading relationship with China. In a separate statement on Oct. 29, an Nvidia spokesperson said the interactions between Jensen Huang and Alice Huang were not unusual or unexpected.

Jensen Huang has until Nov. 11 to offer alternative availability if he cannot attend the mid-November session. He has spent the past year and a half managing a trade war between the United States and China that restricted sales of advanced tech infrastructure to Beijing. Exceptions allowed Nvidia to sell older AI chips to China in 2025.