Nvidia investigates CEO Huang over affair with ‘Chinese spy’

10 NOVEMBER 2026

AI chip behemoth Nvidia was plunged into turmoil after its CEO and co-founder Jensen Huang acknowledged having an affair, with reports saying U.S. officials believe the woman was spying for China.
“I was unfaithful to my wife,” Mr. Huang said in a message to company employees. “My actions hurt her and our children. There is no excuse for what I did. I am deeply sorry.”
Beijing denied the claim but Nvidia’s board opened an inquiry into the reports that Mr. Huang was “the target of a foreign intelligence effort.”
In October 2026, The New York Times reported that U.S. intelligence officials determined that Alice Huang, a Chinese executive linked to a Singapore-based data centre company, Megaspeed, had been funnelling information to Beijing.
Mr. Huang is a huge figure in the AI revolution and a close informal adviser to U.S. President Donald Trump, who has repeatedly spoken out against regulating the industry so as not to let China gain the upper hand in the AI race.
Mr. Trump was briefed on the findings about Mr. Huang’s relationship roughly a year ago and chose not to act on the information, the Times said.
China is in a race for tech dominance against the United States, which restricts the export to China of the most cutting-edge silicon chips.