Nvidia affair: why Jensen Huang’s affair with a Chinese spy could shake up the entire AI sector
DECRYPTION - This extramarital affair raises the question of the continued existence of the CEO and co-founder of the Californian giant, and plunges the group into turmoil. Beyond that, the affair weakens the…
The artificial intelligence sector is holding its breath. After several days of suspicion and despite the company's initial denials, Jensen Huang, the CEO and co-founder of the Californian giant Nvidia, admitted over the weekend to having maintained an extramarital relationship with a Chinese executive suspected of being a spy in the pay of Beijing. “I was unfaithful to my wife.
There is no excuse for what I did. I am deeply sorry,” he acknowledged in an internal memo, before saying that he will take “full responsibility” for his actions and “the criticism that results from them.” Far from a simple matter of morals, this affair will have profound consequences.
At Nvidia, the board of directors opened an investigation on Sunday into whether the CEO had been “the target of a foreign intelligence operation.” The outcome remains uncertain, but the circumstances are heavy for the 63-year-old businessman. Alice Huang, with whom he had an affair, managed Megaspeed, a Singaporean client of the group.
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