Why is Nvidia's Jensen Huang at the centre of a US-China spy scandal?

Why is Nvidia's Jensen Huang at the centre of a US-China spy scandal? Share Why is Nvidia's Jensen Huang at the centre of a US-China spy scandal? on social media Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang is facing questions over allegations that a Chinese businesswoman with whom he had a romantic relationship was gathering intelligence for Beijing. Huang - who cofounded Nvidia, the world's second-most valuable company after Apple, more than three decades ago - admitted on Sunday to being unfaithful to his wife, but the company said it has no reason to believe United States national security or confidential information has been compromised. "The Board prioritizes US national and economic security, which is paramount to the interests of NVIDIA and its shareholders," it said in a statement, adding that Jensen Huang fully backs the review. After the revelations, Nvidia - whose market capitalisation of $4.5 trillion is higher than the gross domestic product (GDP) of Japan, the world's fourth-largest economy - saw its stock price tumble by more than 4 percent in trading overnight into Monday. The controversy erupted as Washington seeks to prevent China from obtaining advanced American semiconductors, including Nvidia's most powerful artificial intelligence chips, as the US and China fiercely compete for AI supremacy.