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$NVIDIA(NVDA)$   launches investigation after Jensen Huang admits affair with alleged Chinese spy

From Alice Huang’s social media account (she just closed her account)

I didn’t even bother to search if she’s married. But even if she were, this kind of social media post is common in China , and maybe even a way for her to disguising the affair.

My personal view on her: she’s being used. Literally. By all sides.

I don’t think Nvidia lost anything in this affair, Jensen’s family did lose some, hope they handle it well.

Nvidia has launched an independent investigation after CEO Jensen Huang, shown speaking at Dreamforce in San Francisco in September, acknowledged having an affair with an executive who U.S. intelligence determined was working for Chinese intelligence. 

Nvidia has opened an independent investigation into CEO Jensen Huang after he acknowledged having an intimate relationship with a business executive who U.S. intelligence determined was working for Chinese intelligence.

Nvidia, the Santa Clara-based semiconductor company that dominates the market for advanced AI chips, announced the investigation Sunday, hours after Huang apologized to employees and acknowledged that he had been unfaithful to his wife.

“I was unfaithful to my wife. My actions hurt her and our children. There is no excuse for what I did,” Huang wrote in a message to Nvidia employees obtained by Axios.

Source:

https://nvidianews.nvidia.com/news/a-message-to-our-company

The board said a committee of independent directors, assisted by outside counsel, will oversee the investigation. Nvidia said it has no reason to believe that national security or company secrets were compromised, but that the inquiry will examine all available information. Huang has agreed to cooperate.

“The Board prioritizes U.S. national and economic security,” Nvidia said in its statement.

Huang will remain Nvidia’s CEO during the investigation.

“Today’s news will not slow NVIDIA,” John Rizzo, the company’s head of public policy communications, said in a statement. “Jensen is committed to continuing to lead NVIDIA as CEO without interruption.”

The woman at the center of the controversy is Alice Huang, a Chinese citizen and executive at Megaspeed, a Singapore-based data center company that has been a major Nvidia customer. The two are not related.

The New York Times reported Friday that U.S. intelligence agencies had determined Alice Huang was working for China’s Ministry of State Security and gathering information for Beijing. The report said she had developed a close relationship with Jensen Huang.

Nvidia previously characterized Huang’s interactions with Alice Huang as ordinary business contacts involving Megaspeed. The company has also said it does not provide customers with sensitive trade secrets or information relevant to U.S. national security.

The allegations have drawn scrutiny in Washington because of Nvidia’s role in the U.S.-China competition over advanced artificial intelligence chips.

Huang has also developed close ties with the White House, advising the president on artificial intelligence policy and joining President Donald Trump on his May trip to China to meet President Xi Jinping.

Trump has publicly defended Huang since reports of the alleged spy relationship emerged, saying he considers the Nvidia CEO “very above board” unless investigators find otherwise.

Three Republican House committee chairs have asked Huang to appear for a closed-door briefing Nov. 18.

The request came from the chairs of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, the House Select Committee on China and the House Intelligence Committee, who said they want answers about Huang’s interactions with Alice Huang as well as Nvidia’s safeguards against foreign espionage.

The lawmakers said recent reports raised concerns about China’s potential access to sensitive U.S. technology and information.

Nvidia has been under increasing scrutiny over its business in China, where the company’s advanced AI chips are subject to U.S. export restrictions. Huang has been one of the most prominent technology executives arguing that the United States should maintain access to the Chinese market.