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Archive photo · 18 November 2025Trump Says FBI Investigates Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang’s Affair With Alleged Chinese Spy
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FBI is investigating Jensen Huang's affair with an alleged Chinese spy. Huang acknowledged an intimate relationship and apologized to his wife and Nvidia.
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FBI probe enters AI
President Donald Trump said Monday that the FBI is investigating Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang’s affair with an alleged Chinese agent, and Trump told reporters he believes Huang “had absolutely no idea that the person in question was a spy.” Nvidia said Sunday it was conducting an independent investigation into reports that Huang was the “target of a foreign intelligence effort,” after Huang acknowledged he had been intimate with a business executive and apologized to his wife and to the company in an open letter posted on Nvidia’s website.
China’s foreign ministry spokesperson Guo Jiakun rejected the spying allegations as “entirely groundless, speculative and intended to smear and malign China.” Nvidia’s board said it had “no reason to believe that either national security or Nvidia secrets were compromised,” while the board’s inquiry would examine all available information.
Competing claims and briefings
Trump said he spoke with Huang on Monday “just to see if he’s feeling all right,” and Huang told him he had “no idea that the person in question was a spy.” The BBC reported that US intelligence officials believe Alice Huang, also known as Huang Le, was a spy for Beijing, and the report said Secretary of State Marco Rubio sent a memo to top officials warning about Huang’s close relationship with a Chinese spy.
Nvidia said it had “no reason to believe that either national security or Nvidia secrets were compromised,” and the company said the board’s inquiry would examine all available information. The BBC said Huang has been requested to appear for a joint closed-door briefing for several Congressional committees next week, and the chairmen said they were seeking a briefing “on Nvidia's security protocols against foreign adversary espionage” and “your interactions with a publicly reported People's Republic of China (PRC) intelligence asset: Megaspeed executive Alice Huang”.
Markets, oversight, and risk
Nvidia’s investigation and the FBI probe have raised questions about the future of the company, which AP said became one of the world’s most valuable firms by providing technology that has powered the AI boom.
AP reported that Nvidia stock has shed roughly 11% of its value since last Wednesday, and the report said Nvidia shares dropped roughly 5% in pre-market trading early Monday.
USA Today said House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries told reporters that “Clearly Congress needs more information,” and Jeffries said lawmakers could restrict sales of computer chips to China through a defense policy bill.
NBC News said Sens. Elizabeth Warren and Jim Banks wrote that the disclosures “makes these national security concerns even more urgent and raises important questions NVIDIA must answer,” as Congress prepared for scrutiny of AI-linked companies.