How Jensen Huang’s downfall unfolded, month by month

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Jensen Huang’s affair with an alleged Chinese spy has plunged Nvidia into its biggest crisis in three decades, sparking concern over the economic and national security…

US officials probed whether Megaspeed routed Nvidia chips to Chinese firms. Photo / Getty Images

Jensen Huang’s affair with an alleged Chinese spy has plunged Nvidia into its biggest crisis in three decades, sparking concern over the economic and national security ramifications.

After Huang resigned as Nvidia’s chief executive, here’s a timeline of how the controversy at one of the world’s most influential tech companies unfolded:

Jensen Huang’s association with Alice Huang had begun to draw scrutiny in October last year, according to a New York Times report. The Commerce Department had been investigating whether Megaspeed, the Singapore-based company Alice Huang worked for, was routing Nvidia’s cutting-edge chips to Chinese firms in breach of US export restrictions.

Around this time, though it is not clear when, intelligence officials briefed US President Donald Trump that Alice Huang had been gathering information for Beijing, the Times also reported. Before this, Trump and Jensen Huang had become close allies as the White House sought to accelerate US AI development.

Trump, himself an Nvidia investor, announced that the company would be allowed to sell its advanced H200 computer chips to China, with the United States taking a cut of sales, in a significant win for Jensen Huang.

It marked a shift from the stance of the Biden administration, which introduced export controls to keep the chips out of the reach of China’s military.

While Trump was on his way to China for a visit with Chinese President Xi Jinping, Marco Rubio, the Secretary of State and National Security Adviser, warned him that the US had obtained intelligence that showed Jensen Huang was having an affair with a woman believed to be a Chinese spy, a person familiar with the briefing, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorised to discuss the matter publicly, told the Washington Post.

Rubio briefed Trump aboard Air Force One just before a stop in Anchorage, where Jensen Huang…

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