Key facts
- Jensen Huang admitted in a November 8 letter to employees that he was unfaithful to his wife.
- Nvidia's board initiated an independent investigation, which Huang said he supports and will cooperate with.
- U.S. officials suspect Alice Huang, a Megaspeed executive, is a Chinese spy, according to the report.
- Megaspeed reportedly purchased $4.8 billion in Nvidia chips over the last two years.
- Three Republican committee chairmen requested a closed-door briefing with Huang on November 5.
- Nvidia shares fell more than 5% the day after Huang's admission.
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang admitted on November 8, 2026, that he had an affair, in a letter to employees that was also published as a press release. The disclosure followed a New York Times report in late October that he had a close relationship with Alice Huang, a Megaspeed executive whom U.S. officials suspect of being a Chinese spy. Alice Huang, a Chinese citizen, is of no relation to Jensen Huang.
In the letter, Huang apologized to his family and employees and linked his infidelity to "the national security concerns raised in news reports." He said Nvidia's board had initiated an independent investigation and that he would cooperate fully. Nvidia shares fell more than 5% the following day.
U.S. officials had been investigating Alice Huang and Megaspeed for more than a year. Megaspeed, a Singapore-based AI infrastructure company, had reportedly purchased $4.8 billion in Nvidia chips over the last two years. Both the U.S. and Singapore previously investigated the firm over suspicions it was illegally sharing chips with China. A Commerce Department official who visited Megaspeed's data center in Malaysia in 2024 found Nvidia equipment still packed in boxes, the Times reported.
A secret memo circulated in the Trump administration in spring 2026 warned that Alice Huang was a spy for China's Ministry of State Security, according to the Times. Secretary of State Marco Rubio supervised its drafting. President Trump was briefed in late 2025 on surveillance of Alice Huang and her relationship with Jensen Huang but did not act, the Times reported.
On November 5, 2026, three Republican committee chairmen, John Moolenaar of the House Select Committee on China, Brian Mast of the House Foreign Affairs Committee and Rick Crawford of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, requested a closed-door joint briefing with Huang, citing national security concerns. On November 8, Trump told reporters he had not spoken to Huang about the matter but called him a "fine person" and said he should remain chief. Huang pulled out of speaking engagements at the ElevenLabs Summit and Anthropic CEO Forum on November 9.