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  "id": 19017407,
  "title": "Nvidia is investigating Jensen Huang’s relationship with a Chinese spy",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/08/nvidia-is-investigating-jensen-huangs-relationship-with-a-chinese-spy",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-11-08T20:22:39.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Verge",
    "slug": "the-verge",
    "url": "https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/1029562/nvidia-investigating-jensen-huang-relationship-chinese-spy"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Nvidia, the leading AI chip manufacturer, is launching an investigation into CEO Jensen Huang's relationship with a Chinese executive, according to recent reports. The company's board has formed an independent committee, assisted by outside counsel, to examine all available information. This comes after allegations that Huang had a \"close relationship,\" which was later confirmed to be romantic, with Alice Huang, an executive at Megaspeed. Megaspeed is currently under investigation by the U.S. Commerce Department for allegedly smuggling AI chips to China. US officials suspect Alice Huang was feeding sensitive information back to Beijing. The investigation aims to address potential threats to U.S. national security and ensure the company's secrets are protected. Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang has expressed support for the review and agreed to cooperate. The investigation is particularly significant as Huang and U.S. President Trump have had a close relationship, raising concerns about the sharing of sensitive information during the administration.",
  "summary": "Nvidia has announced that it is opening an investigation into CEO Jensen Huang and his relationship with Megaspeed executive Alice Huang, who was reportedly recruited by China's Ministry of State Security to spy on the company. A statement posted by the board of directors reads: The NVIDIA Board is initiating an independent investigation in light […]",
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        "outlet": "Techmeme",
        "title": "GOP leaders of three House committees ask Jensen Huang for a closed-door briefing on his ties with Megaspeed exec Alice Huang, reported to be a Chinese asset (Kevin Breuninger/CNBC)",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/05/gop-leaders-of-three-house-committees-ask-jensen-huang-for-a-closed",
        "published": "2026-11-05T21:40:00.000Z"
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        "outlet": "The Business Times - Companies & Markets",
        "title": "Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang drops from world’s top 10 richest after chips sell-off",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/06/nvidia-ceo-jensen-huang-drops-from-worlds-top-10-richest-after-chips",
        "published": "2026-11-06T04:42:14.000Z"
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        "outlet": "Techmeme",
        "title": "Sources: US intelligence concluded that Megaspeed executive Alice Huang was recruited by China's top spy agency MSS to collect intelligence on Jensen Huang (New York Times)",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/06/sources-us-intelligence-concluded-that-megaspeed-executive-alice",
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        "title": "Sources: US officials believe Jensen Huang had a romantic relationship with Alice Huang, who they allege was recruited to spy for China's top spy agency, MSS (Demetri Sevastopulo/Financial Times)",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/07/sources-us-officials-believe-jensen-huang-had-a-romantic-relationship",
        "published": "2026-11-07T02:50:02.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Tom's Hardware",
        "title": "US intelligence believes Jensen Huang had romantic relationship with Chinese spy in honeypot operation",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/07/us-intelligence-believes-jensen-huang-had-romantic-relationship-with",
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      {
        "outlet": "TechSpot",
        "title": "US officials say a Chinese businesswoman close to Nvidia's Jensen Huang was a spy for Beijing",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/08/us-officials-say-a-chinese-businesswoman-close-to-nvidias-jensen",
        "published": "2026-11-08T13:29:00.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Techmeme",
        "title": "Nvidia's board launches a probe into whether Jensen Huang was targeted by a foreign spy plot, saying it has no reason to believe Nvidia secrets were compromised (Ian King/Bloomberg)",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/08/nvidias-board-launches-a-probe-into-whether-jensen-huang-was-targeted",
        "published": "2026-11-08T20:25:00.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "TechCrunch",
        "title": "Nvidia will investigate CEO Jensen Huang’s relationship with possible Chinese spy",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/08/nvidia-will-investigate-ceo-jensen-huangs-relationship-with-possible",
        "published": "2026-11-08T21:00:11.000Z"
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