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In brief
Nvidia's board has opened an independent investigation after reports that CEO Jensen Huang was the target of a foreign intelligence effort. The Financial Times reported that a U.S. government memo said Huang was romantically involved with a Megaspeed executive U.S. intelligence believes is a Chinese spy.
In an email to staff, Huang apologized for being unfaithful to his wife and said he would cooperate fully with the investigation.
Nvidia's board of directors has opened an independent investigation following reports that CEO Jensen Huang was the target of a foreign intelligence effort, the company said on Sunday.
A committee of independent directors, assisted by outside counsel, will oversee the inquiry. "While the Board has no reason to believe that either national security or NVIDIA secrets were compromised, the Board's inquiry will examine all available information," it said, adding that it "has confidence in Jensen and his leadership team."
We just issued a press release from our board of directors. Read the release: https://t.co/W9yXWJzbkk
— NVIDIA Newsroom (@nvidianewsroom) November 8, 2026
The investigation follows a Financial Times report on Saturday that a U.S. government memo, written earlier this year based on intelligence information, said the Nvidia CEO had been romantically involved with Alice Huang, an executive at Singapore-based Nvidia customer Megaspeed, citing people familiar with the memo. U.S. intelligence believes she was recruited by China's Ministry of State Security, the FT reported. Nvidia declined to comment to the newspaper on the memo. Huang's email to staff, sent on Sunday, did not name the person with whom he had an affair.
Lawmakers from both parties are seeking answers. Republican leaders have asked Huang to appear privately before the House China, foreign affairs and intelligence committees, according to the FT, while Sen. Chris Coons (D-DE), who will chair the Senate Foreign Relations Committee from January, pledged in a tweet that "Congress will investigate and get answers."
The FT's report built on a New York Times investigation last month, which said U.S. intelligence agencies had concluded that Alice Huang, also known as Huang Le, a Chinese citizen, was a Chinese intelligence asset, and that surveillance of her had revealed a close relationship with Jensen Huang. President Donald Trump was briefed on the findings roughly a year ago and chose not to act on them, according to the Times.
U.S. officials suspected Megaspeed of helping Chinese companies get around restrictions on advanced AI chips, and the Commerce Department's investigation into the company has been handed to the Justice Department, the Times reported. Megaspeed's sister company in Malaysia bought at least $4.8 billion worth of AI equipment containing Nvidia chips between June 2024 and February 2026, according to trade records cited by the newspaper.