Alice Huang’s Companies Invested in DeepSeek, Promising Nvidia Chips

A network of companies linked to Alice Huang, an alleged Chinese spy in a romantic relationship with former Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, invested in AI startup DeepSeek and promised to supply Nvidia’s advanced Blackwell chips, which are banned for export to China. The undisclosed investments highlight a hidden role in funneling roughly $7.5 billion worth of restricted Nvidia AI hardware into China.