{
  "id": 19242307,
  "title": "Jensen Huang reportedly engaged a PR firm with a history of handling high-profile sex scandals a year ago",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/09/jensen-huang-reportedly-engaged-a-pr-firm-with-a-history-of-handling",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-11-09T23:28:37.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "TechCrunch",
    "slug": "techcrunch",
    "url": "https://techcrunch.com/2026/11/09/jensen-huang-reportedly-engaged-a-pr-firm-with-a-history-of-handling-high-profile-sex-scandals-a-year-ago/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang engaged crisis communications firm Heller Inc. a year prior to officially admitting to an extramarital affair, according to a report by Wired. The PR agency, founded by Risa Heller, has a track record of managing high-profile sex scandals. Heller has advised several prominent individuals, including Anthony Weiner, Mario Batali, and Jeffrey Toobin, as detailed in a 2023 New York Magazine article. The company's internal communications team was instructed to forward press inquiries about Huang to Heller Inc. following a New York Times report in October 2025 concerning Nvidia's potential involvement in assisting Chinese firms in bypassing U.S. chip export limitations. The Times also revealed that Megaspeed, a Singapore-based data center firm linked to China, had purchased approximately $2 billion worth of Nvidia chips. This firm's CEO, Alice Huang, was photographed alongside Jensen Huang at a Taipei gathering involving Nvidia clients. Both Heller Inc. and Nvidia have yet to provide a response to inquiries. On Sunday, Nvidia released a statement from Huang acknowledging an affair with a former Megaspeed executive, though he did not specify Alice Huang's name. Additionally, Nvidia's board announced an independent investigation following reports suggesting Huang had become a target of a foreign intelligence effort.",
  "summary": "The PR firm was enlisted shortly after an Oct. 2025 New York Times report described Alice Huang's business dealings with Jensen Huang, Wired reported.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 4,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "The Business Times - Companies & Markets",
        "title": "Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang’s confession engulfs chip giant in spying controversy",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/08/nvidia-ceo-jensen-huangs-confession-engulfs-chip-giant-in-spying",
        "published": "2026-11-08T23:59:30.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Techmeme",
        "title": "Chinese media denies Beijing's link to Jensen Huang's affair, accuses the US media of a fabricated spy narrative, and warns the issue may hurt trade relations (Bloomberg)",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/09/chinese-media-denies-beijings-link-to-jensen-huangs-affair-accuses",
        "published": "2026-11-09T09:20:04.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Techmeme",
        "title": "Sources: Jensen Huang hired crisis communications firm Heller as early as October 2025; an NYT report in October 2025 on his Megaspeed ties caused tensions (Lauren Goode/Wired)",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/09/sources-jensen-huang-hired-crisis-communications-firm-heller-as-early",
        "published": "2026-11-09T14:50:02.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}