Megaspeed: the shadowy firm at the center of Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang's resignation

theguardian.com —

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang resigned Friday following reports of extramarital affairs with an alleged Chinese spy and two employees, with US intelligence believing he was targeted by Alice Huang, former director of Megaspeed International. Megaspeed, a Singapore-registered cloud computing firm and one of Nvidia's largest foreign customers, purchased nearly $5 billion in AI chips. Singapore, Taiwan, and Malaysia have launched investigations or barred Alice Huang, while authorities probe possible chip diversions to other countries. Megaspeed's global affiliates present puzzling facades, including a lottery retailer in rural Australia and a dilapidated storefront in Kuala Lumpur. A 29-year-old Shanghai-born director, Kai Kang, listed for multiple units, has not been accused of wrongdoing, and China denies all spy allegations.


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