Alice Huang may not fit the George Smiley stereotype, but the consequences of her affair with Nvidia’s CEO may be damaging just the same.
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The scandal has cast a spotlight on Singapore's success as a chip hub - and a location for alleged illicit trade.
Nvidia poured tens of billions into AI startups under Huang. Without him at the helm, founders and VCs are bracing for smaller checks and lower valuations.
The Republican-led Congress wants to see Jensen Huang in Washington before Democrats take control in January.
The US intelligence community intercepted communications in the spring indicating that an executive of Megaspeed, a company under investigation for possibly diverting sensitive technology to China, was having an affair with a US person.
Nvidia is one the most valuable companies on the planet, but its former boss had 60 direct reports, meaning it wasn't structured to cope with scandals.
Nvidia’s ‘hidden’ emissions are enormous.
