Nvidia Staff Begs to Bring Back Jensen Huang After Trillion-Dollar Spy Drama

An internal revolt sparked across Nvidia channels as workers demanded the reinstatement of Jensen Huang, following his abrupt firing over a relationship with Alice Huang, head of Singapore-based data center firm Megaspeed. Prior to his removal, an engineer posted an open plea to the board urging them to weigh employee sentiment, which quickly accumulated over 1,600 comments backing the founder. Another employee blasted a company-wide email insisting that demanding accountability should not sever ties with the leader who built the firm. While management scrambled, financial chief Colett Kress temporarily took the helm alongside former Synopsys CEO Harvey C. Johnson as the first independent chairman in corporate history.

The underlying trigger involves a fierce, ongoing probe by the FBI, Department of Justice, and CIA regarding Megaspeed and its alleged role in rerouting restricted AI chips to China. U.S. intelligence officials remain deeply divided on whether Alice Huang acted under the direct coercion of Beijing's national security laws, which legally compel citizens to harvest foreign intelligence. Meanwhile, Jensen Huang publicly confessed to the relationship, apologized to his family and colleagues, and watched his creation shed a staggering trillion dollars in market value in under a month.

Corporate boards usually prefer quiet scandals, but stumbling into an international espionage thriller with your primary chip buyers is certainly a bold diversification strategy. It turns out that a multi-trillion-dollar valuation is remarkably fragile when geopolitics meets midlife romance.

Source: Wired