Nvidia’s board was forming an independent committee to investigate allegations involving CEO Jensen Huang, Bloomberg reported on November 9. Separately, three House committee chairmen requested a closed-door briefing with Huang. Their November 5 letter asks him to appear on November 18 and to accept that date or suggest an alternative by November 11.
The board’s reported review and the House briefing request are separate responses: one is an internal investigation, the other a congressional request for information.
What Nvidia’s board reportedly plans to investigate
Bloomberg reported that Nvidia’s board was forming an independent committee and that its review was underway. The report said the board had no reason at that point to suspect that U.S. national-security information or company secrets had been compromised.
The intelligence allegation behind the responses
The New York Times reported on November 6 that a memo circulated among senior Trump administration policymakers in spring 2026 cited an intelligence assessment about Alice Huang, a Singapore-based Megaspeed executive. People briefed on the intelligence told the Times that China’s Ministry of State Security (MSS) had recruited her to gather information about Jensen Huang and U.S. AI chips, and potentially to influence Nvidia’s position on making advanced chips available to China. The Times described Alice and Jensen Huang as close but not related.
What the House chairmen requested
The chairmen of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, the House Select Committee on China and the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence requested a joint, closed-door briefing about Jensen Huang’s interactions with Alice Huang and Nvidia’s security protocols. The chairmen’s November 5 letter names November 18, 2026, as the requested appearance date and asks Huang to accept it or offer another date by November 11.
