Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang apologizes to staff amid investigation into alleged Chinese intelligence link

Nvidia's chief executive Jensen Huang emailed the company's staff to apologize for personal misconduct and to confirm his cooperation with an investigation into reports that he had a relationship with a person identified by U.S. agencies as a Chinese intelligence asset. In the message, Huang said he had been "unfaithful to my wife" and expressed remorse toward his family and colleagues, adding that he would work to regain their trust.

The board of directors announced an independent investigation, stating that it would examine all relevant information while noting that there is currently no evidence that Nvidia's national-security interests or proprietary technology have been compromised. A committee of independent directors, assisted by outside counsel, will oversee the review.

The individual in question, identified as Alice Huang, was a senior executive at Singapore-based data-center firm Megaspeed, which the U.S. Commerce Department has previously examined for potential violations of export controls on Nvidia AI chips. Huang told reporters that his interactions with Megaspeed officials were routine and that the company had fully accounted for its GPU deployments.

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio declined to comment, describing the matter as an internal corporate issue.