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Nvidia Opens Investigation Into Jensen Huang’s Relationship With Suspected Chinese Spy

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Published November 9, 2026

Mr. Huang, the company’s chief executive, acknowledged on Sunday that he was intimate with a business executive who U.S. officials had determined was working for Chinese intelligence.

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