How Nvidia CEO’s Affair Became a National Security Nightmare

Robbie Whelan

That woman, it turns out, is a woman in Alice Wong, and she is, according to US intelligence reports, she's a Chinese spy.

Robbie Whelan

The idea that Chinese intelligence may have gotten to the CEO of Nvidia is a huge, huge deal.

Robbie Whelan

Megaspeed was a company that was established in 2023 as a spin-off of a Chinese company.

Robbie Whelan

According to our reporting, she was a tech executive who became involved with Jensen Wong and was recruited by Chinese intelligence rather than starting out as a spy and then going out and finding a way to become connected to Jensen Wong.

Robbie Whelan

The United States government has been investigating Megaspeed, the company, for possible violations of export controls.

Robbie Whelan

I owe my family and all of you an apology.

Robbie Whelan

Okay, so there are two main interactions that Nvidia has with national security.

Robbie Whelan

If this relationship in some way compromised Nvidia's commitment to follow US law and keep its chips out of China,

Robbie Whelan

I'm I'm sort of paraphrasing here, but Jensen said, no, sir, Mr. President, you can be assured, we're not going to slow down AI.

SPEAKER_J

I said, I had no idea that she was a spy, and I really believe him.

Robbie Whelan

Because at the very least, if it's true that this woman, Alice Wong, is a Chinese intelligence asset, if what if what the US intelligence services think is true, that she's a she's a spy,

Robbie Whelan

he is there all the time these days, meeting with cabinet secretaries, talking to Howard Lutnick from Commerce, talking to all sorts of people from energy department, from the state and war.

Robbie Whelan

We don't know what if any information that's sensitive Jensen Wong may have repeated to Alice Wong.

Kate Linebaugh

Two people in contact with her earlier this year said she was in China at the time.