Fresh photographs have surfaced showing Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang with Chinese businesswoman Huang Le, also known as Alice Huang, as President Donald Trump described the technology executive as an “honorable guy” amid allegations involving national security.
Huang Le, whom US authorities have accused of passing information to Beijing, reportedly shared the images on her WeChat account before it was disabled, according to the Financial Times.
The photographs show the pair sitting close together, smiling and raising wine glasses in a toast.
The timing and locations of the images could not be independently established. The Financial Times reported that they appeared to show Huang and Huang Le in Shanghai, California and Hong Kong.
The photographs resurfaced about a week and a half after The New York Times reported that the billionaire Nvidia chief had been involved in a relationship with Huang Le, a former executive at Singapore-based Megaspeed. US officials have alleged that she was a Chinese intelligence asset.
Huang has since told Nvidia employees that he had been unfaithful to his wife, while declining to provide details about the relationship.
“I was unfaithful to my wife. My actions hurt her and our children,” he said. “There is no excuse for what I did. I am deeply sorry.”
“Regarding the national security concerns raised in news reports, Nvidia’s Board of Directors has initiated an independent investigation,” Huang added. “I support the investigation and will cooperate fully.”
New photographs show Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang with Chinese businesswoman Huang Le, also known as Alice Huang, whom US authorities have accused of acting as a Chinese spy
Alice Huang reportedly shared the photographs on her now-disabled WeChat account
The images show Huang Le sitting close to the 63-year-old technology executive as they toast with wine and smile for the camera
Trump said he had not discussed the allegations with Huang but called him a fine person. “I hope everything’s fine. He’s done such an incredible job,” the president said.
Asked whether he believed he should have acted on intelligence about the matter when he was briefed on it, Trump replied: “No, I don’t think so. I think he’s an honorable guy. I think he probably has an excuse for it. You have to hear it.”
Nvidia’s board has said it had “no reason to believe that either national security or Nvidia secrets were compromised” because of Huang’s affair. It added that the company “will examine all available information.”
The investigation, announced Sunday, has intensified scrutiny of Huang’s position at Nvidia, the world’s most valuable chipmaker, and of his role as one of the most prominent salesmen of the artificial intelligence boom.
Huang Le founded Megaspeed in 2023 after working in private equity and television, according to reports.
The technology company was spun out of 7Road Holdings Ltd, one of China’s largest video game companies, several months after then-President Joe Biden introduced broad restrictions on shipments of advanced AI chips to China, Bloomberg reports.
Trade records reviewed by the outlet indicate that Megaspeed imported more than $4.6 billion worth of Nvidia products.
The company also rents Nvidia chips to Chinese technology giant Alibaba Group Holding Ltd at several facilities in Southeast Asia. The US government has accused Alibaba of having links to the Chinese military.
It is not known when or how Huang and Huang Le first met. However, the two were photographed together at a technology conference in Taipei in 2024.
Images posted on LinkedIn by NetThunder showed Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang and Huang Le together at a bar in Taipei, Taiwan, in June 2024
Jensen Huang acknowledged in a statement that he had been unfaithful to his wife, Lori Huang
By early 2025, Huang Le had presented a deal involving AI chips to investors based in China, according to two investors who spoke to the Financial Times. She promoted her ability to obtain Nvidia’s highly sought-after graphics processing units and highlighted her commercial relationship with Alibaba.
She was seeking investment for a Southeast Asian data center project valued at several hundred million dollars, but did not disclose her relationship with Huang.
Meanwhile, US officials were briefed that a person named Huang Le was working for China’s Ministry of State Security. The alleged effort was aimed at obtaining information about US-made AI chips and potentially persuading Nvidia to make its most advanced semiconductors available in China, The New York Times reported.
The officials said the Megaspeed executive spoke English fluently and had connections with senior figures across the AI chip industry.
Separately, US authorities investigated Megaspeed over concerns that it may have helped smuggle hardware to China. Those concerns led the government to ask Nvidia to audit the company last year.
Nvidia’s initial review concluded that the hardware was fully accounted for. However, records obtained by Bloomberg News indicated that Megaspeed had imported 50,000 more chips than Nvidia located at its data centers.
Nvidia said in December 2025 that it planned to revisit Megaspeed’s data centers, although it remains unclear whether that follow-up inspection took place.
President Donald Trump said he had not spoken with Jensen Huang about the allegations but called him a fine person. The pair are pictured at the White House in April 2025
Bloomberg News also reported a connection between Megaspeed and Shanghai Hexi, a private equity firm linked to a data center that Chinese state media has described as the country’s largest.
Huang Le was identified as one of Shanghai Hexi’s directors in an official company WeChat post in 2016. As of August 2025, a holding company she founded owned a 48 percent stake in the project.
Megaspeed has strongly denied wrongdoing, telling Bloomberg News that it complies with all regulations relevant to its business.
A company spokesperson said Megaspeed was surprised by allegations that a former executive had acted as a foreign intelligence asset.
Nvidia has also previously said that its review of Megaspeed found no evidence of diversion. The company said the business was fully owned and operated outside China and had no Chinese stakeholders.
The allegations nevertheless triggered a sharp fall in Nvidia’s share price, wiping about $270 billion from the chipmaker’s market value.
The reported intelligence findings have also prompted calls for answers in Congress.
Republican Representatives Brian Mast, John Moolenaar and Rick Crawford, who chair three influential House committees, have asked Huang to attend a closed-door briefing on November 18.
The lawmakers want to question him about his dealings with Huang Le and the safeguards Nvidia has put in place to protect the company from foreign espionage.
The Daily Mail has contacted Megaspeed for comment.