The alleged Chinese spy who Nvidia boss Jensen Huang admitted to having an affair with bragged to business executives about her intimate access to the billionaire, reports say. 

Huang, 63, confessed in a memo to his staff on Sunday to carrying out an affair with a Chinese entrepreneur who has been under investigation for allegedly passing information to Beijing. 

It is unclear when the tryst began, but reports now say the entrepreneur, Alice Huang, of no relation to the Nvidia CEO, would openly boast about how close she was to him as far back as June 2024. 

At a computer industry trade show in Taipei at the time, sources told the Wall Street Journal that she displayed her cozy relationship with Huang to executives by summoning him to a bar where they were drinking.

She reportedly told the group, ‘Jensen’s a great friend of mine’, and he arrived just a few minutes after she texted him to join them. 

The artificial intelligence chief then showed up in his trademark leather jacket, and held court with the executives in the bar for some time as a picture was snapped of the Nvidia CEO and the alleged spy sat closely beside each other.

On another trip to Taipei in May 2025, Huang was again seen with Ms Huang at a dinner, where they were spotted kissing on the cheek and sharing touches on the arm, per the Wall Street Journal.  

In other images that have been unearthed following the scandal, the Nvidia CEO and alleged Chinese spy were seen raising wine glasses in a toast and sharing a smiling picture sat next to each other at other points during their relationship.  

US authorities launched an investigation into Ms Huang shortly after, after her company Megaspeed was accused of illegally diverting Nvidia’s AI chips to China by subverting strict sanctions. 

Authorities in Taiwan and Singapore have also investigated Ms Huang’s alleged ties to Beijing’s intelligence services, with the affair now plunging one of the world’s most valuable companies into crisis. 

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang seen with suspected Chinese spy Alice Huang in a bar in Taipei, Taiwan, in June 2024, moments after she allegedly boasted of her intimate access to him and told him to join her at the event 

Jensen Huang admitted to cheating on his wife of 41 years, Lori, with whom he shares two children 

Before Huang admitted to the affair in a memo to Nvidia staff on Sunday, the company had previously denied rumors of the relationship when reports emerged earlier this year.

Lawyers for Nvidia sent an email to the Daily Mail denying any kind of romantic relationship between Huang and his mistress before he eventually confessed to the infidelity. 

But the company now finds itself facing upheaval after Huang confessed to the affair, as both Nvidia and Huang were sued on Monday by shareholders. 

The action accused the defendants of misleading shareholders about the affair before it caused Nvidia shares to dip 4.3 percent by close on Monday, reducing the company’s market capitalization by approximately $190 billion. 

However, while Huang confessed to the affair, Nvidia insists that it had no knowledge of any investigations into Megaspeed or Ms Huang, and said it has ‘no reason to believe that either national security or Nvidia secrets were compromised’.

The company said it has launched an internal probe to further ‘examine all available information’, a move that was supported by the CEO, Nvidia said. 

Jensen Huang has been married to his wife Lori for 41 years, and they share two adult children, Madison and Spencer.

New photos have emerged showing the Nvidia CEO with the suspected Chinese spy, which she posted to her social media 

The photos were reportedly shared by Alice Huang on her now defunct WeChat account

The photos show her cuddled up next to the 63-year-old tech CEO, raising wine glasses in a toast and sitting next to one another smiling

The scandal comes as the Nvidia chief has become a critical member in President Trump’s orbit in recent years because of his company’s crucial role in the acceleration of superintelligence.  

And it was also revealed on Sunday that Secretary of State Marco Rubio allegedly knew about Huang’s sordid relationship as early as spring of this year, but still kept him in Trump’s close circle.  

According to The New York Times, Rubio oversaw the drafting of the highly classified memo this past spring that warned top Trump officials of Huang’s close relationship with the suspected spy.

The document itself was based on classified intelligence from electronic surveillance that was conducted on Alice.

Ms Huang’s exact age and early life is shrouded in mystery, but US intelligence determined that she was a senior executive at Megaspeed International, a Singapore-based company that was buying Nvidia’s advanced AI chips.

She was also being probed for illegally smuggling the chips into China, the article stated.

When he found out, Rubio warned other Trump officials through a memo just before the president’s trip to China, a person close to the matter told the NYT.

Mr Huang was initially left off the list of tech titans who were invited to join Trump in China, but it is unclear if the exclusion was because of Rubio’s memo, the outlet stated.

However, Mr Huang did end up joining the president on the trip.

President Donald Trump said he has not spoken to Mr Huang about the claims, but called him a fine person. The two are pictured at the White House in April 2025

An earlier NYT article revealed that Secretary of State Marco Rubio knew about Huang’s relationship but still kept him in Trump’s orbit

Alice was a senior executive at a Singapore-based company that was buying Nvidia’s advanced AI chips, according to the report

After Rubio let the information out to top officials, many were concerned about Mr Huang’s influence on Trump’s policy of lightly regulating AI technology, those briefed on the matter told the publication.

But after Trump saw media coverage about Mr Huang being absent from the delegation, he asked him to join by meeting on Air Force One during a layover in Alaska, the report stated.

At the time, Trump took to social media, honoring ‘the Great Jensen Huang’ and others for ‘journeying to the Great Country of China’ to meet with President Xi Jinping.

Since traveling to China, Mr Huang has been spotted with Trump on several occasions, despite the espionage memo being circulated in Trump’s cabinet for over six months. 

And this week, Trump leapt to defend Huang after the CEO admitted to the scandal, describing him as a ‘fine person’ who he was not concerned about.

‘He’s done such an incredible job… He’s a fine person in my opinion,’ Trump told reporters on Sunday when questioned about his relationship with the tech CEO.   

‘I think he’s an honorable guy I think he probably has an excuse for it. You have to hear it. No, you can’t do that with people. He’s done an amazing job for our country,’ he said.