Nvidia’s board announced an independent investigation Sunday into whether CEO Jensen Huang had been targeted by a Chinese intelligence operation. More details are emerging about Alice Huang, the alleged Chinese spy at the center of the controversy, and Megaspeed, the major Nvidia customer she worked for.
\n\nThe Wall Street Journal reports that the board’s investigation followed reporting by The WSJ, The New York Times and other outlets, which concluded that U.S. officials believed Alice Huang, a former top executive at the Singapore-based data center company Megaspeed, was likely sending information to Chinese intelligence while maintaining a close relationship with the Nvidia CEO. Jensen Huang apologized for infidelity to his family and to Nvidia colleagues in a staff memo. Nvidia shares fell 4.27 percent after the report.
\n\nThe relationship drew scrutiny after a June 2024 trade show in Taipei, where Jensen Huang attended an annual computer-industry gathering. Late one night, a group of tech executives met at a bar. Alice Huang, then a leader at Megaspeed, was among them. She texted Jensen Huang, who arrived minutes later, ordered a whiskey, spoke briefly, and left alone, saying he was tired. A photo from that night, posted on social media, shows the two…
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