A short seller flagged Nvidia CEO’s ties to a suspected Chinese spy six months before the scandal

Culper Research flagged Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang's close relationship with suspected Chinese spy Alice Huang six months before the Nvidia spy scandal emerged. The short seller firm questioned the relationship in a May 13 report, noting it was 'uncomfortably close' and wondered if Nvidia employees thought they had a 'special relationship.' The report also suggested that Nvidia lost China business due to export controls and that Megaspeed, a major chip buyer, was secretly financed by Alibaba through shell companies. Financial records show Megaspeed's liabilities and equity grew from $33 million to $3 billion between 2023 and 2024, largely due to refundable deposits from an unknown source.