He is of national security interest. They knew.
Re:NVIDIA Announces CEO Transition
by onetimeusename on Friday November 13, 2026 @02:08AM
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maybe, but I thought the sources on the NYT article about the second affair were all employees of Nvidia.
The current administration loves Nvidia and Huang. Huang has close ties to the administration, so they chose to ignore the warnings because they didn't want to kill their golden goose. Data centers are very unpopular, but people don't blame Nvidia for them.
It was really just the spy scandal that did him in. Huang was also having an affair with two Nvidia employees, but at least Kimberly Powell was common knowledge at Nvidia. No one cares if the guy cheats, but sleeping with a Chinese spy will destroy trust in the company.
alleged spy
Re:NVIDIA Announces CEO Transition
by nixon_why69 on Friday November 13, 2026 @05:22AM
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The administration isnt a monolith. Jensen's biographer is in the NYT today saying it was Rubio behind the memo and possibly the leaks because he's a rabid china hawk and for maximum export restrictions.
Re:NVIDIA Announces CEO Transition
by onetimeusename on Friday November 13, 2026 @10:47AM
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I don't follow. What were the warnings? Also if the Chinese spy would destroy the company but Nvidia is also the golden goose, why would they ignore warnings?
> [...] but sleeping with a Chinese spy will destroy trust in the company.
It's not even clear that she is a spy: https://www.reuters.com/world/china/us-justice-department-ha...
Re:NVIDIA Announces CEO Transition
by nonethewiser on Friday November 13, 2026 @08:06AM
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> He submitted an apology and the board was looking into what happened. It wasn't until the second affair came out that the board met to discuss firing him and it was the board that decided it. Jensen resigned which means they fired him.
Not really because you could also say “He submitted an apology and the board was looking into what happened. It wasnt until they started the investigation that he was forced to resign.”
Re:NVIDIA Announces CEO Transition
by onetimeusename on Friday November 13, 2026 @10:41AM
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That was poor choice of words on my part. An investigation into whether to fire him. The board probably held an emergency meeting about it and informed him.
The thing is the spy scandal might not have done anything to Jensen. He submitted an apology and the board was looking into what happened. It wasn't until the second affair came out that the board met to discuss firing him and it was the board that decided it. Jensen resigned which means they fired him. So if the government coordinated leaks on his private life to oust him, they had this intel on him. That means they were watching him and to me that implies something worse than just a power struggle. I am inclined to believe a simpler theory that it came out through investigation and he's apparently scandal prone and if he hadn't had affairs with employees might still be the CEO.