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

Culper Research's May 13 report had already described Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang's relationship with Alice Huang, an executive at Singapore-based chip buyer Megaspeed, as "uncomfortably close," months before she was suspected of being a Chinese spy. The report also alleged that Megaspeed was secretly financed by Alibaba through shell companies, and the Financial Times reported Monday that documents show Alibaba lent money to Megaspeed through subsidiaries. Culper is a short seller that stood to benefit from the allegations, and the claims about possible illegal chip diversion have not been independently verified.