U.S. tech giant Nvidia has launched an independent investigation into its co-founder, President, and CEO, Jensen Huang, following reports that he had an affair with a suspected Chinese spy.On Sunday, reporters asked U.S. President Donald Trump about the allegations against Jensen Huang. Trump replied:“I haven’t spoken to him yet. I just know he’s a fine person, but you never know what is going on. I’m sure; I hope everything’s fine there. He’s done such an incredible job, and so, I would certainly hope that… He’s a fine person in my opinion.”When asked whether he should have “acted” on the intelligence at a briefing the night before about Mr. Huang and the alleged Chinese spy, Trump responded:“I don’t think so. You know, I think, he’s an honorable guy. I think he probably has an excuse for it and you have to hear it… He’s done an amazing job for our country.”The POTUS also claimed he’d “certainly take” Jensen Huang with him to his upcoming Asia trip.“I would have to… I haven’t heard that he’s done anything wrong,” Trump added.More about Jensen Huang’s alleged affair with a suspected Chinese spyAccording to The New York Times, this past spring, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio signed a highly classified memo warning top officials in the Trump administration about Jensen Huang’s “close relationship” with a suspected Chinese spy.The memo was based on classified intelligence obtained by electronic surveillance of a Chinese national named Huang Le, aka Alice Huang, the former managing director (March to November 2023) of Singaporean-based data center company Megaspeed, which purchased high-end AI chips from Nvidia. According to the memo, Alice illegally smuggled the chips into China and was hired by China’s top intelligence agency, the Ministry of State Security, to forge a romantic relationship with the Nvidia CEO and spy on the tech giant.Despite the memo, Jensen Huang remained Trump’s influential private-sector AI adviser and has opposed calls to tighten regulations on exporting AI chips to China. Now, after the memo's contents were made public, Nvidia opened an investigation into its leader.Meanwhile, Jensen Huang admitted to having an affair with Alice Huang. In a message to his company, he wrote:“I was unfaithful to my wife. My actions hurt her and our children. There is no excuse for what I did. I am deeply sorry.”But Nvidia claimed:“We have no reason to believe that either national security or Nvidia secrets were compromised.”During Trump’s May visit to China, Jensen was reportedly left off the list of people accompanying the POTUS. By then, top White House and Pentagon officials were briefed on Rubio’s memo. However, Trump later personally asked the Nvidia chief to join him in Air Force One during a layover in Alaska.The U.S. President also wrote a Truth Social post acknowledging “the Great Jensen Huang” and other tech leaders “journeying to the Great Country of China” with him, where he would be speaking with President Xi Jinping, a “Leader of extraordinary distinction,” to “open up China so that these brilliant people can work their magic.”According to The New York Times, Alice Huang was photographed with Jensen Huang and other tech executives at a bar in Taipei in 2024 following a local tech trade show. In May 2025, they were again seen together at a Taipei restaurant following a business dinner with other AI execs. At the time, Megaspeed began a multi-billion-dollar business contract with Nvidia.Now, amid the allegations, Nvidia is claiming that its CEO’s interactions with the former Megaspeed executive were “not unusual or unexpected” and consistent with interactions he has with other clients. Nvidia spokesman John Rizzo told the NY Times:“Jensen’s interactions with Ms. Huang are not unusual or unexpected. Meetings with customers are part of a CEO’s job; Jensen talks with thousands of customer executives every year.”Additionally, Nvidia has claimed that Megaspeed didn’t receive its classified business information.“We are confident that if the U.S. government believes that any person is a threat to American industry, it would let us know… Our customers receive ordinary business information — not sensitive Nvidia trade secrets — and zero information relevant to national security,” Rizzo added.Megaspeed has since bought $4.8 billion worth of AI chips from Nvidia. However, it changed leadership from Alice Huang to Singaporean national Tan Yong Pong in late 2023. While Tan is not suspected of being a spy, the company is currently being investigated by the Singaporean government regarding allegations that the company was “circumventing” U.S. sanctions on the export of Nvidia chips.The NY Times report suggests that Alice Huang not only had an alleged relationship with Jensen Huang but also with other AI executives, including leaders of Gigabyte, one of the key assemblers of Nvidia supercomputers.Meanwhile, China has rejected claims of industrial espionage against Nvidia. Its Foreign Ministry spokesperson Guo Jiakun called the accusations “nothing but smears against China.”The news about a U.S. citizen’s affair with a suspected Chinese spy was exclusively broken by The New York Times last month. However, Jensen Huang’s name was withheld at the time. Back then, Megaspeed shared in a statement:“Our current leadership takes the matter extremely seriously and is committed to getting to the facts behind these allegations. An outside counsel has been retained to conduct a thorough internal investigation and has notified the U.S. government that we are fully committed to cooperating. We cannot respond to a media trial and welcome a formal, evidence-based investigation.”Liu Chang, the spokesperson for the Chinese Embassy in Washington, also claimed that the USA was pursuing a campaign of “groundless smears and slanders” against China. Alice Huang has not responded to the allegations.