Nvidia hires former acting US attorney to investigate Jensen Huang

Nvidia announced Tuesday that it has hired a former acting U.S. attorney to investigate its CEO, Jensen Huang, following reports of his alleged intimate relationship with a woman U.S. intelligence officials believe was spying for China.

“The independent members of the NVIDIA Board have retained former acting U.S. Attorney of the Southern District of New York Joon H. Kim and his firm Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz to conduct a thorough and independent investigation as was announced on Sunday,” the company said in a statement Tuesday .

This comes after the company board announced Sunday that they would be initiating an independent investigation into the accusations stemming from a New York Times report that claimed American spy agencies discovered Alice Huang illegally smuggled advanced AI chips into China while developing a “close relationship” with Jensen Huang.

In their Sunday statement, the board said that it had “no reason to believe that either national security or NVIDIA secrets” were compromised by Jensen Huang’s relationship with accused Chinese spy.

“The Board has confidence in Jensen and his leadership team and will provide further updates as appropriate,” the company added in the statement.

The Nvidia CEO recently acknowledged that he has been unfaithful to his wife, adding “My actions hurt her and our children. There is no excuse for what I did. I am deeply sorry,” according to a Sunday report from Bloomberg .

He has been called to appear by a group of GOP lawmakers in a joint, closed-door briefing on Nov. 18 to address concerns regarding Nvidia’s “security protocols against foreign adversary espionage and your interactions with … Alice Huang.”