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The short seller who saw signs of Nvidia’s China scandal months ago claims Megaspeed isn’t the ony company helping China access chips

‘We were confident in the research initially, and we’re still confident in it now,’ says Christian Lamarco, founder of Culper Research

The short seller who saw signs of Nvidia’s China scandal months ago claims Megaspeed isn’t the ony company helping China access chips

On Sunday, Nvidia, the chipmaker led by founder and CEO Jensen Huang, released a message titled "A Message to Our Company" to its employees via email. Huang apologized, admitting he was unfaithful to his wife, causing significant harm to her and their children. The reason for this public disclosure, according to reports from the New York Times and Financial Times, is that the woman Huang had an affair with, Alice Huang, a Chinese citizen and top executive at data center company Megaspeed, is accused of working as a spy for China's Ministry of State Security.

U.S. intelligence agencies have evidence that Alice Huang was in regular contact with Huang, who reportedly lobbied the Trump administration to relax chip export controls. The potential consequences of this scandal are vast and include national security implications, as well as questions about Huang's possible resignation as Nvidia's CEO, with speculation on who would take over the company, valued at over $4.2 trillion.

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