Jensen Huang’s exit removes a powerful opponent of US chip restrictions, exposing divisions in Washington over how to preserve America’s technological dominance
The downfall of Nvidia founder Jensen Huang in a scandal involving a suspected Chinese spy has raised a politically explosive question: who benefits from the removal of one of Washington’s most influential critics of chip restrictions on China?
Huang resigned on Thursday following revelations of extramarital affairs, including one with Chinese businesswoman Alice Huang, former head of Nvidia customer, Singapore-based Megaspeed International. Anonymous US intelligence officials reportedly suspect that she was recruited by Beijing to potentially influence the Nvidia CEO to push Washington to ease AI chip export restrictions.
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