By Gary Goose | North of Polite

Nvidia’s board announced an independent investigation Sunday into whether chief executive Jensen Huang was targeted by a foreign intelligence effort. In a separate letter to employees, Huang acknowledged that he had been unfaithful to his wife and said he would cooperate with the inquiry. He did not identify the other person in the letter.

The investigation follows reporting by The New York Times about Huang’s relationship with Alice Huang, a former executive at Singapore-based Megaspeed, a customer of Nvidia. The two are unrelated. Reuters, citing the Times, reported that U.S. authorities had assessed Alice Huang to be a Chinese intelligence asset. In late October, Jensen Huang told Bloomberg News that his interactions with her concerned Megaspeed and described them as ordinary business dealings.

What could have been exposed?

Nvidia’s board said it currently has no reason to believe U.S. national security or company secrets were compromised. A committee of independent directors, assisted by outside counsel, will oversee the inquiry. The board also expressed confidence in Huang and his leadership team.

Megaspeed buys AI chips from Nvidia. Reuters reported that U.S. authorities have scrutinized the company over suspicions that it helped Beijing gain access to advanced chips subject to U.S. export restrictions. That gives the board a concrete question to answer. What information, if any, passed between Nvidia’s chief executive and a representative of one of its customers, and did it include anything sensitive?

Congress has questions of its own. Three Republican House committee chairs asked Huang to attend a closed-door briefing on November 18 about the reported contacts and Nvidia’s safeguards against foreign espionage, according to a letter reviewed by Reuters. That was a request for a briefing. Huang’s attendance has yet to be confirmed in the reporting reviewed for this story.

Huang has publicly answered for his conduct at home. The board’s job is to establish what happened at work. Its findings will matter most if they tell employees and shareholders what information was accessible, what was actually shared and whether Nvidia’s safeguards held up.

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