Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang starring in possible remake of The Spy Who Shagged Me

Nvidia’s board has opened an independent investigation after reports that CEO Jensen Huang was the target of a foreign intelligence effort involving a woman suspected by US authorities of passing information to Beijing. The allegations matter because they raise questions about possible links between a senior technology executive, a major Nvidia customer and restricted shipments of advanced AI chips to China.

The reports identify the woman as Alice Huang, also known as Huang Le, a Chinese citizen who worked for Singapore-based Megaspeed, which has bought Nvidia hardware. Nvidia says Huang’s conversations with her were ordinary business discussions and posed no risk to its intellectual property or US national security. Huang separately apologised to his family and staff for being unfaithful to his wife, and said he would cooperate with the board’s investigation; his apology did not clarify the nature of his relationship with Alice Huang.