Nvidia’s CEO, Jensen Huang, has admitted that he cheated on his wife and engaged in a romantic relationship with a woman suspected of being a Chinese spy. Just over a week ago, The New York Times reported that Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang had a close relationship with Alice Huang, a senior executive at a Singapore-based data center company.
“I was unfaithful to my wife. My actions hurt her and our children. There is no excuse for what I did. I am deeply sorry. Throughout my life, my family has given me love and support. They deserve my honesty and loyalty. Instead, I let them down and damaged the life we built together. I take full responsibility for what I did and the hurt I caused, and I accept the criticism that comes with it,” Huang wrote in an internal memo.
“Regarding the national security concerns raised in news reports, NVIDIA’s Board of Directors has initiated an independent investigation. I support the investigation and will cooperate fully. I love our country and our company, and I am committed to protecting NVIDIA and supporting America’s national security. I am proud and grateful to be an American,” he added.
The world’s AI boss is facing questions about who he let get close.
Citing multiple officials, the Times reported that US authorities had concerns about her intelligence connections with China, and that President Donald Trump had been briefed on the situation. Since then, the Financial Times has reported that the two were romantically involved, and both the FT and the Times have reported that Alice Huang was recruited by Chinese intelligence specifically to target Jensen Huang.
According to The Wall Street Journal, US officials concluded last year that Alice Huang, then a top executive at Megaspeed, was sharing information with the Chinese government while working with Nvidia to build data centers in Asia. This came amid numerous restrictions placed by the US government on China’s access to AI chips and related technology. Nvidia, on the other hand, has maintained that Jensen Huang’s interactions with Alice Huang were typical of a business contact, and has insisted that no sensitive information was shared with her.
In late 2024, the US Commerce Department began looking into Megaspeed, suspecting that the company was helping China circumvent export controls on Nvidia chips. That investigation largely stalled, and the Justice Department is now leading the probe. Megaspeed has said that several government reviews found no evidence of illicit chip transfers.
As far as Jensen Huang and Alice Huang’s relationship goes, the two were photographed together in Taipei in 2024 and 2025, at meetings that, according to Nvidia, included other Nvidia cloud partners in Asia. According to the Times, Alice Huang has worked at banks, hedge funds, and AI-linked companies in China, and she reportedly often bragged about her close ties with Jensen Huang as a pitch to boost her data center business.
Interestingly, Alice Huang, who also goes by Huang Le, was investigated by authorities in Singapore and Taiwan over links to the Chinese government, and was even placed under physical surveillance, the Journal reports. However, Singapore’s Ministry of Home Affairs later said it had conducted no such investigation into her.
Late in 2024, she reportedly disappeared into China for a period. Her current whereabouts are not known, and it is unclear whether she is still employed at Megaspeed. The Chinese embassy, on the other hand, has rejected the allegations, dismissing them as the peddling of a “Chinese spy narrative.”
Now that Jensen Huang has reportedly apologized for being unfaithful to his wife, and Nvidia’s board is investigating the reports, the pressure on the company has intensified. Senator Chris Coons, for example, has promised that Congress will investigate the whole situation.
“The Nvidia Board is initiating an independent investigation in light of recent reporting that CEO Jensen Huang has been the target of a foreign intelligence effort,” said the company’s board in an official statement. “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.”
Separately, a group of House Republican committee chairs has asked Jensen Huang for a briefing on his relationship with Alice Huang and Nvidia’s controls over sensitive information, giving him a November 11 deadline to set a date for the meeting.