Everything we know so far about the Nvidia spy scandal targeting CEO Jensen Huang

The leather-jacketed CEO of Nvidia, Jensen Huang, has acknowledged an affair with Megaspeed exec Alice Huang, spurring an investigation by his company and intense discussions worldwide. Recent reporting noted that since last year, US intelligence reports had identified Alice Huang (no relation) as not only the exec for an AI compute company renting access to Nvidia GPUs, but also a spy for China’s Ministry of State Security.

In recent years, Nvidia has become a key part of the Trump administration’s AI push, a central figure in negotiations over potential Chinese access to cutting-edge AI hardware, and a company that has used its now $4 trillion-plus market cap to finance other AI companies, including the “neoclouds” like Coreweave who have been some of its biggest customers. So far, Nvidia and Jensen Huang have said that they have “no reason to believe that either national security or NVIDIA secrets were compromised,” but that hasn’t settled things as the investigation continues.

• The future of AI hinges on… Jensen Huang’s sex life?

  

  

• Here’s the full text of Jensen Huang’s memo to Nvidia

  

  

  On Sunday, Nvidia announced it was launching an investigation into CEO Jensen Huang’s relationship with Alice Huang, an AI executive and agent of the Chinese government.

  In addition to the Board of Directors announcing the investigation, Huang sent a memo to Nvidia employees acknowledging the affair. You can read the full text below.

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• Nvidia is investigating Jensen Huang’s relationship with an alleged Chinese spy

  

  

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  Nvidia has announced that it is opening an investigation into CEO Jensen Huang and his relationship with Megaspeed executive Alice Huang, who was reportedly recruited by China’s Ministry of State Security to spy on the company.

  The New York Times reported last month that Huang had developed a “close relationship” with the Megaspeed executive, which he later admitted was romantic in nature in a memo to the company. US officials believe she was feeding information directly back to Beijing.

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