Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang Faces Board Probe Over Affair With Suspected Chinese Spy

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang faces an independent board investigation into whether he was targeted by foreign intelligence through his acknowledged affair with Alice Huang, a woman U.S. officials suspect of spying for China, threatening his leadership amid national security concerns. The U.S. government concluded Alice Huang likely sent information to Chinese intelligence while maintaining a close relationship with Jensen Huang, who apologized for infidelity in a staff memo. Nvidia banned all sales to her company, Megaspeed, in June 2025, and the Commerce Department denied mishandling a related chip-diversion probe. President Trump said Huang told him he had no idea the woman was a spy, though Trump didn't recall a classified memo warning about the relationship. Lawmakers from both parties are now pushing aggressive chip-export restrictions in a defense package, intensifying scrutiny of Nvidia's lobbying for China sales.