Nvidia Board Hires Former Top Federal Prosecutor to Probe CEO's Ties to Alleged Chinese Spy

Nvidia's board has brought in a heavy hitter to investigate its own chief executive.

The company tapped Joon H. Kim, a partner at Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz and a former acting U.S. attorney in Manhattan, to lead its probe of Jensen Huang's ties to a suspected Chinese spy ^[1]. The board announced Sunday it would investigate whether Huang had been targeted by a Chinese intelligence operation ^[2].

The woman at the center of the case is Alice Huang, a former executive at Singapore-based Megaspeed, with whom Jensen Huang acknowledged an extramarital affair ^[3]. The New York Times reported that U.S. intelligence determined she is a Chinese asset ^[4]. She has not been charged with a crime.

House China Committee Chairman John Moolenaar urged Nvidia to conduct a thorough investigation ^[5]. The Post also cited a report that her ties helped fuel $7.5 billion in restricted chip sales to China ^[1].

The Deep Dive will keep pressing on the question that matters most: did America's most important AI technology leak to Beijing?