Everything You Need to Know About the Jensen Huang Spy Story | Hard Fork

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Released

November 10, 2026

Duration

31m

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Hard Fork

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📝 EPISODE DESCRIPTION

Jensen Huang, the chief executive of Nvidia, has admitted to an affair with a top executive at the data center company Megaspeed — a woman going by the name of Alice Huang who the U.S. government alleges is a Chinese spy. On this special episode of Hard Fork, we sit down with Stephen Witt, who wrote Jensen Huang biography “The Thinking Machine.” We’ll dig into what you need to know about this spiraling scandal and what it means for A.I. and the global economy. Additional reading: A Mystery C.E.O. and Billions in Sales: Is China Buying Banned Nvidia Chips? https://nyti.ms/4z9dhcY Nvidia Chief, Jensen Huang, Is Seen as Target of Chinese Spy Plot https://nyti.ms/3WCTGo7 Nvidia Opens Investigation Into Jensen Huang’s Relationship With Suspected Chinese Spy https://nyti.ms/4BViIPk Rubio Warned Officials About Nvidia Chief’s Entanglement With Chinese Spy https://nyti.ms/4BT3iLt Commerce Dept. Chip Inquiry Was Halted After Nvidia Intervention https://nyti.ms/4zBzJwq Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hardforkpod/ Follow us on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@hardfork Subscribe to Hard Fork: https://www.youtube.com/hardfork Go deeper on our episodes: nytimes.com/hardfork Discover the journalism Times subscribers get daily, free for your first month in The New York Times app. Download app: https://nytimes.onelink.me/Xpht/a6wzplra

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• Stephen Witt

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  Journalist and author of "The Thinking Machine: A Biography of Jensen Huang and Nvidia."

🧾 EPISODE SUMMARY

In this episode of Hard Fork, featuring Stephen Witt, Everything You Need to Know About the Jensen Huang Spy Story | Hard Fork explores A Jensen Huang scandal collides with chip smuggling and US politics The episode examines allegations that Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang had an affair with a Megaspeed executive described as an alleged Chinese spy, amid claims her company helped funnel Nvidia chips to China in violation of export restrictions.

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