Alice Huang’s work with Megaspeed put her in the middle of a sprawling effort to amass AI chips across South-East Asia and provide access to China’s companies.
In December 2023, a Chinese executive who goes by Alice Huang met with Nvidia chief executive Jensen Huang and a small group of colleagues at an Italian restaurant in Singapore.
In a photo of the previously unreported meeting, which was confirmed by The New York Times , Alice Huang smiled as she posed next to Jensen Huang, who was in his trademark black leather jacket. He held a glass of red wine.
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