Jensen Huang Resigns Amid Chinese Spy Allegations and Export Probes

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang resigned on Thursday following a third cheating scandal and allegations that he was compromised by the Chinese government through an affair with Alice Huang. Alice Huang, the former CEO of Megaspeed, is suspected by U.S. intelligence officials of being a Chinese government asset, though Attorney General Todd Blanche stated the Department of Justice has reached no conclusions regarding whether she acted as a spy.

Reports indicate that Secretary of State Marco Rubio informed President Donald Trump of intelligence identifying Alice Huang as a spy, yet Trump still traveled to Beijing with her. Simultaneously, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick reportedly spent the last year avoiding targeting Megaspeed.

In Singapore, the Ministry of Home Affairs conducted a probe into Megaspeed starting in February 2025 regarding the illegal export of servers to Malaysia and false declarations. While Singapore found insufficient evidence of specific offenses, Alice Huang was banned from the country after providing inaccurate information to police and had her passport seized in June 2025 following a U.S. Commerce Department verification check. Singapore officials noted that the United States provided limited assistance during the investigation into Megaspeed and Super Micro Computer, the latter of which also provided limited cooperation to the FBI and DOJ.