Sources: the US Commerce Dept. delayed new Entity List additions for two months, leaving off Megaspeed despite four other US agencies pushing for its inclusion (Financial Times)
Company connected to alleged Chinese spy who had affair with Nvidia chief Jensen Huang was left off ‘entity list’
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang has admitted to an affair with Alice Huang, who is suspected by US authorities of being a Chinese intelligence operative. The New York Times reports that despite President Trump's denials, he was informed at least twice over a seven-month period about the affair, including a reminder from Rubio while en route to China. According to the New Straits Times, the individual is reportedly a Chinese executive at a Singapore-based company suspected of smuggling AI microchips into China.
President Trump has expressed public confidence in Huang, describing him as a "great, brilliant person" and an "honourable guy." Trump stated that he asked Huang directly if he knew the woman was a spy, to which Huang reportedly replied that he had no idea. While acknowledging that the FBI is investigating the matter, Trump indicated he believes Huang will be "in good shape" and expressed sympathy regarding the effect the situation has had on Huang's family.
The scandal has occurred alongside investigations into Nvidia by lawmakers and intelligence agencies. PC Gamer notes that Nvidia's market value has seen a decrease of a few hundred billion dollars this week. The New Straits Times reports that Huang has previously lobbied the US government to allow the sale of Nvidia chips to China, despite Washington's bans on exporting top-end Blackwell and Rubin GPUs to the country due to security concerns.
Brief written by urgent.news from Techmeme, Times of India, PC Gamer, New Straits Times, BBC Technology — 5 reports on this story. Machine-written — may contain errors; check the original before relying on it.
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