Nvidia’s board has launched an independent investigation into whether CEO Jensen Huang was the target of a foreign intelligence effort, after Huang admitted to an affair with a businesswoman suspected of spying for China.
In a letter to employees on Sunday, Huang acknowledged that he had been unfaithful to his wife, apologized to his family and colleagues, and said he takes “full responsibility” for his actions. He did not name the woman or address her alleged ties to Beijing.
The New York Times reported last month that US intelligence had found Huang was in a close relationship with Alice Huang, a Chinese citizen and senior executive at the Singapore-based data center company Megaspeed, and that she was feeding information to Beijing. The two are not related. She previously worked as a television reporter in China.
The board said it has “no reason to believe that either national security or NVIDIA secrets were compromised,” but that its inquiry will examine all available information. Huang “fully supports the review and has committed to cooperating with it,” the board said.
Huang, 63, will remain CEO during the investigation. “Jensen is committed to continuing to lead Nvidia as CEO without interruption,” Nvidia spokesperson John Rizzo said.
Megaspeed has become one of Nvidia’s largest customers in Southeast Asia, buying more than $4.8 billion in Nvidia chips over the past two years, according to the Times. In December 2025, Bloomberg reported that US authorities were investigating whether Megaspeed had diverted Nvidia chips to China in violation of export controls. Nvidia has denied the allegations, calling Megaspeed a cloud service permitted under export rules, and said last month that the claims were “thoroughly investigated and debunked last year.”
President Donald Trump said he had not spoken with Huang about the matter. Secretary of State Marco Rubio declined to comment.
