Freshly surfaced photographs appear to show Nvidia chief executive Jensen Huang alongside Chinese businesswoman Huang Le, as President Donald Trump described the embattled technology leader as an “honorable guy.”
Huang Le, who is also known as Alice Huang and has allegedly been linked to Chinese intelligence, shared the images on her WeChat account before it was disabled, the Financial Times reported.
The pictures show the pair smiling together, sitting side by side and raising wine glasses in a toast. In one image, Huang Le appears to be cuddling close to the 63-year-old Nvidia CEO.
The exact dates and locations have not been established. However, the Financial Times said the photographs appeared to have been taken in Shanghai, California and Hong Kong.
The images re-emerged roughly a week and a half after The New York Times reported that Huang had been involved in a relationship with Huang Le, a former executive at Singapore-based Megaspeed who US officials allege was an asset for Chinese intelligence. The two are not related.
Huang has acknowledged to Nvidia employees that he was unfaithful to his wife, although he has not publicly provided 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 appear to show Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang with Chinese businesswoman Huang Le, also known as Alice Huang, whom US authorities have accused of being a Chinese intelligence operative
Alice Huang reportedly shared the images on a WeChat account that has since been disabled
The photographs show Huang Le close to the 63-year-old Nvidia chief, with the pair smiling and raising wine glasses together
Trump said he had not discussed the allegations with Huang but praised the Nvidia leader as a “fine person.” “I hope everything’s fine. He’s done such an incredible job,” the president said.
Asked whether he should have acted after receiving intelligence about the matter, 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 has “no reason to believe that either national security or Nvidia secrets were compromised” because of the relationship. It added that the company would “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 the executive who has become one of the most prominent public faces of the artificial intelligence boom.
Huang Le reportedly founded Megaspeed in 2023 after working in private equity and television.
Megaspeed was spun out of 7Road Holdings Ltd, one of China’s largest video game companies, just months after then-President Joe Biden introduced sweeping limits on the shipment of advanced AI chips to China, Bloomberg reported.
Trade documents reviewed by the outlet indicate that Megaspeed imported more than $4.6 billion worth of Nvidia products.
The company also leased Nvidia chips at several facilities in Southeast Asia to Chinese technology giant Alibaba Group Holding Ltd, which the US government has accused of having links to the Chinese military.
It is not known when or how Huang Le first met Jensen Huang, although the pair were photographed together at a technology conference in Taipei in 2024.
Images posted on LinkedIn by NetThunder appear to show the Nvidia chief with Ms Huang at a Taipei bar in June 2024
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Jensen Huang acknowledged in a statement that he had been unfaithful to his wife, Lori Huang
In early 2025, Huang Le reportedly approached Chinese-based investors about an AI chip venture, highlighting her access to Nvidia graphics processing units and her business ties to Alibaba, according to two investors who spoke with the Financial Times.
She was seeking funding for a Southeast Asian data center project valued at several hundred million dollars, but the investors said she did not reveal her relationship with Huang.
US officials were separately briefed that a woman named Huang Le was working for China’s Ministry of State Security in an effort to obtain information about American AI chips and potentially influence Nvidia to make its most advanced semiconductors available in China, The New York Times reported.
The officials said the Megaspeed executive speaks fluent English and has connections with senior figures across the AI chip industry.
At the same time, US authorities were examining Megaspeed over suspicions that it may have helped move hardware into China illegally. The concerns led the government to ask Nvidia to audit the company last year.
Nvidia’s initial review concluded that all of the hardware had been accounted for. But records obtained by Bloomberg News suggested that Megaspeed had imported 50,000 more chips than Nvidia located at its data centers.
The chipmaker said in December 2025 that it planned to conduct another visit to Megaspeed’s data centers. It remains unclear whether that follow-up inspection took place.
President Donald Trump said he had not spoken with Huang about the allegations but called him a “fine person.” The pair are pictured at the White House in April 2025
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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.
An official post on Shanghai Hexi’s WeChat account listed Huang Le as one of the company’s directors in 2016. By August 2025, a holding company she founded reportedly owned 48 percent of the data center project.
Megaspeed has strongly denied wrongdoing, telling Bloomberg News that it complies with all regulations governing its operations.
A company spokesperson said Megaspeed was surprised by claims that a former executive had acted on behalf of a foreign intelligence service.
Nvidia has also said its earlier investigation into Megaspeed found no evidence that hardware had been diverted. The company said Megaspeed was wholly owned and operated outside China and had no Chinese shareholders.
Despite those assurances, the allegations triggered a sharp sell-off in Nvidia shares, wiping approximately $270 billion from the chipmaker’s market value.
The reported intelligence concerns have also prompted calls for answers from lawmakers on Capitol Hill.
Republican Representatives Brian Mast, John Moolenaar and Rick Crawford, who lead three influential House committees, have asked Huang to appear at a closed-door briefing on November 18.
The lawmakers are expected to question him about his dealings with Huang Le and the safeguards Nvidia has put in place to protect against foreign espionage.
Our News Outlet has contacted Megaspeed for comment.
