The Jensen Huang Affair

Max Reed

But this week, the Times broke the news that Jensen Wong, the CEO of the chipmaker Nvidia, and one of the most important figures in AI and tech, has been having an affair with a top executive at a Singaporean data center company, who also happens to be an alleged Chinese spy, and whose company was reportedly illegally funneling advanced Nvidia chips to Chinese companies.

Stephen Witt

Jensen is the founder, CEO and basically king of Nvidia.

Stephen Witt

that it's now like a linchpin of the American economy.

Stephen Witt

well, everyone knew that the Malaysia data center thing was a cutout to smuggle China.

Stephen Witt

I think Jensen found himself on the wrong side of the China Hawks here.

Stephen Witt

Jensen could maybe play dumb and not understand that in an abstract way, but if he's sleeping with the head of the company,

Stephen Witt

Like,

Stephen Witt

And he's like, nobody.

Stephen Witt

through this really kind of shameless approach of flattery.

Stephen Witt

You know, I was always a little surprised by it myself, but there's certainly a great business case for it.

Stephen Witt

I think Jensen would say this anyway, but his credibility is zero.

Stephen Witt

and in particular Marco Rubio, who is a very long time China Hawk and who is also Trump's Secretary of State.

Stephen Witt

This is how you smuggle something.

Stephen Witt

Like they were aware that at least some of this was happening.

Stephen Witt

So I think with Jensen, it probably is more about an influence campaign.

Stephen Witt

Yeah, probably.