Top Democrat demands probe into Jensen Huang’s affair with suspected Chinese spy

Sen. Chris Coons (D-Del.) on Monday called for a probe into reporting that Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang had an affair with an alleged Chinese spy.

“I’m pushing to investigate Jensen Huang and Nvidia to determine whether our national security was compromised,” Coons, who is on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, wrote on social platform X.

He added that lawmakers “need answers about the relationship between AI billionaires and the Trump administration, who’s making these decisions, and who’s really got their hand on the wheel.”

Nvidia’s board of directors announced Sunday it is opening a probe into reports that Huang had been “the target of a foreign intelligence effort.” The board said it had “no reason to believe that either national security or NVIDIA secrets” were compromised by Jensen Huang’s relationship with accused spy and Megaspeed executive Alice Huang.

The accusations against Huang originated from a report by The New York Times late last month that claimed American spy agencies found Alice Huang illegally smuggled advanced AI chips into China while the two developed a “close relationship.”

Nvidia and its chief executive both denied the initial report, but the CEO reportedly acknowledged Sunday that he was “unfaithful” to his wife. The tech mogul apologized in a memo to his company and told employees that there was “no excuse for what I did,” Bloomberg reported .

President Trump, who considers Huang a close ally and previously allowed the CEO’s company to sell certain AI chips to China, said he had not spoken with him about the allegations.

“I just know he’s a fine person, but you never know what is going on,” Trump told reporters late Sunday. “I’m sure. I hope everything’s fine. He’s done such an incredible job, and so I would certainly hope he’s a fine person, in my opinion.”

Last Wednesday, the Republican chairs of the House Select Committee on China, the House Foreign Affairs Committee and House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence sent the Nvidia CEO a letter calling on him to appear before them in a closed-door meeting on Nov. 18.

“Recent reports raise significant national security concerns regarding the PRC’s [People’s Republic of China] access to sensitive U.S. technology and information,” the lawmakers wrote in the statement, adding that it is “vital that Congress determines the extent to which U.S. national security has been placed at risk.”

They urged that Jensen Huang address concerns regarding Nvidia’s “security protocols against foreign adversary espionage and your interactions with … Alice Huang.”