WASHINGTON — She only loved him for his chips.
Nvidia boss Jensen Huang, whose company produces the world’s most cutting-edge AI chips, admitted to having an affair — after his $4.5 trillion company opened an investigation into his cozy relationship with a suspected Chinese spy.
A secret US report warned months ago that Huang’s paramour, Alice Huang — no relation — was recruited by China’s Ministry of State Security (MSS), Beijing’s spy agency, according to the New York Times.
The memo was overseen by Secretary of State Rubio, according to the Times.
Alice Haung is an executive at Megaspeed, a Singapore-based company that purchased billions in cutting-edge AI chips from Nvidia.
It’s not clear how long the Huang-Huang bang bang lasted, but they were pictured together at a bar in Taipei in 2024.
The Biden administration had limited the sales of high-end Nvidia chips to China amid the AI race, but the Nvidia CEO pushed the Trump administration to ease up on those constraints.
Despite the Trump administration’s knowledge of the apparent honeypot operation on the Nvidia boss, Jensen remained a highly influential figure in President Trump’s orbit who was able to sway the administration’s policy on AI. Jensen had argued against very tight regulations on exports of Nvidia chips to China.
The memo on Alice was reportedly based on electronic surveillance of her, according to the Times.
Nvidia’s board announced Sunday it launched a probe into whether Jensen was a “target of a foreign intelligence effort.”
However it stressed the CEO is not being Huang out to dry, saying it still has “confidence in Jensen and his leadership team.”
“The Board prioritizes US national and economic security, which is paramount to the interests of NVIDIA and its shareholders,” the company stressed.
“While the Board has no reason to believe that either national security or NVIDIA secrets were compromised, the Board’s inquiry will examine all available information,” it added of the probe, which will be conducted by independent counsel and directors.
“Jensen fully supports the review and has committed to cooperating with it.”
Jensen admitted to employees that he cheated on his wife, Lori, whom he married in 1985 and with whom he had two children.
“I was unfaithful to my wife,” he told his employees, according to a report. “My actions hurt her and our children. There is no excuse for what I did. I am deeply sorry.”
Megaspeed is being investigated over accusations that it helped smuggle advanced Nvidia graphics processing units (GPUs) into China to circumvent US export restrictions on cutting-edge technology.
Jensen, 63, is the founder of tech giant Nvida and has served as its president and CEO since the company’s inception in 1993.
Born to Taiwanese immigrants in Taipei in 1963, Jensen spent his childhood in his parents’ homeland before moving to the US to study in Kentucky.
After earning a master’s degree at age 30 from Stanford University, Jensen launched Nvidia from a Denny’s in San Jose, California, with the CEO often touting the value of working hard seven days a week to reach one’s ambitions.
Jensen married Lori Mills in 1985 after they met at Oregon University, with the couple having two children, Spencer and Madison.
Jensen was touted as one of Time Magazine’s “Architects of AI” in their 2025 Person of Year, and in 2026, he was appointed to the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology by Trump.
Trump defended Jensen Sunday as an “honorable guy” and “fine person.”
“He’s done an amazing job for our country,” the president told reporters Sunday night.
“I haven’t heard that he’s done anything wrong,” Trump added. “He dealt with somebody but, you know, so does everybody else.”
Other prominent Americans have been victims of honeypot operations by suspected Chinese spies, including disgraced former Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.), who had a fling with Christine Fang, also known as “Fang Fang.”
The Post contacted the White House and Nvidia for comment.
— Ronny Reyes contributed to this report
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