A short seller flagged Nvidia CEO’s ties to a suspected Chinese spy six months before the scandal

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Founder Summit begins Nov. 4, 9:00 a.m. ET. Get your pass savings & deals before it starts. REGISTER HERE. Six months before the Nvidia spy scandal emerged, the New York-based short seller firm Culper Research had already raised questions about Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang’s unusually close relationship with Alice Huang, an executive at Megaspeed, a Singapore-based company that buys Nvidia chips. She is now suspected to be a Chinese spy. The Nvidia CEO admitted to an extramarital affair over the weekend, and the company has now opened a formal investigation into his relationship with Alice Huang (who shares his last name but is not related). U.S. intelligence officials believe she was recruited by the Chinese government to collect intelligence on Jensen Huang and influence his position regarding U.S. export controls on advanced AI chips. Culper’s May 13 report is resurfacing because it picked up on the connection between Jensen Huang and Alice Huang while investigating Megaspeed’s ties to Nvidia. NEW: We are short Nvidia $NVDA. We believe Nvidia has a significant China problem. Please see our full report and disclosures now available on our website, link in bio.