Nvidia Uproar: Questions Swirl about CEO and Suspected Spy

By Sue Kientz

Americans are still trying to wrap their head around news that the CEO of Nvidia, one of the nation’s biggest companies that produces high-end computer chips that are fueling the Artificial Intelligence (AI) boom and, in turn, the sky-high stock market, has a Chinese mistress that U.S. intel agencies highly suspect is a China state-sponsored intelligence asset. (1) Worse still, when investigators confirmed this information and informed President Trump about it a year ago, Trump took no action then, (2) nor did he again in May when informed by Marco Rubio. (3) It’s unclear why Nvidia’s CEO, Jensen Huang, was not notified immediately last year; Huang insists he was never briefed about the intelligence findings. (4)

This drama began when certain canny observers noted that billions of dollars of Nvidia chips were being purchased by Megaspeed, a little-known southeast Asian company and spin-off of a gaming company in 2023. Investigative journalists, visiting Megaspeed’s various overseas offices and listed addresses, found each location was either scantily staffed or unresponsive during business hours. (5) One unusual connection between Megaspeed and Nvidia was that Megaspeed’s initial managing director and later executive, Alice Huang (aka Huang Le), was frequently socializing with Jensen Huang (no relation) at client events during the last few years, as shown in photos posted on social media. This led to the investigation by U.S. authorities that concluded that Nvidia’s CEO was likely targeted and compromised by China’s Ministry of State Security. (6) China has denied that Ms. Huang is a spy. (7)

The messy scandal became public when The New York Times published an exposé on October 29. (8) Mr. Huang finally admitted to the affair in an e-mail to his company on November 9 in which he apologized to his family as well as Nvidia shareholders and investors and took full responsibility for his bad judgment. (9) Nvidia’s board of directors nevertheless opened an investigation into the CEO, and now Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives want Mr. Huang to answer questions in Washington. (10) His reckless actions threaten to impact not only America’s AI race with China; they could destabilize the U.S. economy if Nvidia, one of the richest companies in the stock market, feels forced to replace Huang, a central figure of AI development.

Everything depends on what we learn next, specifically – Did Jensen Huang unwittingly pass company secrets to Ms. Huang during his liaisons or was influenced by her to advocate for China to receive chip technology or products, as he has seemed in favor of, arguing that if the U.S. keeps its advanced chips away from China, they could develop their own advanced chips themselves? And depending on how Mr. Huang answers that first question and what the various investigations uncover, if the Nvidia CEO is found to be seriously culpable or neglectful, who can possibly replace him as CEO? Huang has no natural successor that anyone can identify, and to shake up Nvidia is to seriously jeopardize not only America’s progress in AI but the U.S. economy that deeply relies on AI development. To add to this already tense situation, a new report today revealed that a female Nvidia executive who reports to Mr. Huang also had an intimate relationship with the Nvidia founder that overlaps his affair with Alice Huang. (11) One wonders, what is next and will this get worse?

Here let us consult another AI, “Astrological Intelligence,” the symbolic perspective astrology provides using birth data available for Jensen Huang, to get to the core of this situation. (12) Jensen Huang’s Sun (27 Aquarius) and Venus (12 Capricorn) are in especially onerous relations with fourth-largest dwarf planet Makemake (13 Libra). Transiting Makemake, representing excitement, high-tech discovery and invention (and therefore AI development), and exhilarating activities whether work or play that may seem manic or even crazy (13), is now simultaneously square (90 degrees; crisis situation) his Venus (relationships, money-making, sexual attraction) and sesquiquadrate (135 degrees; annoying trouble but must be addressed) his Sun (life, health, whatever is truly central to the person). He’s fallen into a trap that was a long time coming, as Huang was born with Mars (10 Leo) and Makemake (5 Leo) conjoined (0-7 degrees; a union of both qualities), with Mars being one’s energy, sexuality included, that has a taste for extreme situations that are so challenging they can be intoxicating and addictive (Makemake). This trend began just a few years ago as the pandemic was abating, when Makemake (8 Libra) moved sextile (60 degrees; supportive, opportunities present themselves) his Mars, reaching 10 Libra (exactly sextile his Mars) in 2023 when he first began appearing in Alice Huang’s Instagram photos. Since no one troubled Mr. Huang with news that Ms. Huang was a suspected Chinese asset, he was able to enjoy the excitement of a forbidden romance that fell into his lap. Now consequences have arisen, his country and business are impacted (the latter represented by his Sun, which appears his central concern) and, most seriously, his marriage (Venus).

The United States is separately indicated as under threat or challenge as well, since the U.S. Sun (13 Cancer) is also square transiting Makemake (13 Libra), and the U.S. Moon (27 Aquarius), representing the People, is sesquiquadrate Makemake. (14) While that may seem a (worrisome) coincidence, it’s rather evidence that all our separate lives and interests are connected. Jensen Huang (or someone like him) was liable to become important and critically intwined in his adopted country’s business, so that both would have problems to solve at the very same time. This is also true of his company Nvidia. Founded on April 5, 1993, (15) Nvidia’s Sun (15 Aries) is opposite (180 degrees; a rival or partner) Makemake, and therefore square Mr. Huang’s Venus and the U.S. Sun. Nvidia is in fact “partnering” with Makemake, as the extraordinary innovation of AI is a Makemake undertaking. The fact that Makemake is prompting “change” and “work” (also hallmarks of enduring a square period) in the United States seems to confirm that AI is something that America should grapple with, solve, and safely implement.

In the spirit of that viewpoint, one might venture to advise the Nvidia board and Mr. Huang, that if their situation right now seems like an insurmountable challenge – especially if a few more women come forward having had similar experiences with Mr. Huang – perhaps they should ask AI what to do next.

Title Image credit: Nvidia chip story and Huang-to-Huang relationship described by author to ChatGPT, which generated the above Image.

Notes and References

1. Swan, Jonathan, et al, “Nvidia Chief Seen as Target of Chinese Spy Plot,” 29 October 2026, The New York Times, https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/29/us/politics/nvidia-china-jensen-huang-trump.html
2. Zakrzewski, C., et al, “Spy scandal highlights contradictions at heart of Trump’s China policy,” 11 November 2026, The Washington Post, https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/11/11/spy-scandal-shows-contradictions-trump-china-policies/
3. Haberman, M., et al, “Despite Denial, Trump Was Told on Trip to China About Spying on Nvidia Leader, 10 November 2026, The New York Times, https://www.nytimes.com/2026/11/10/us/politics/trump-china-trip-nvidia.html
4. Broadwater, Luke, and Maggie Haberman, “Nvidia Chief Told Trump He Did Not Know Chinese Woman Was Suspected Spy,” 9 November 2026, The New York Times, https://www.nytimes.com/2026/11/09/us/politics/trump-jensen-huang-spy.html
5. Swanson, Ana, et al, “A Mystery C.E.O. and Billions in Sales: Is China Buying Banned Nvidia Chips?” 9 October 2025, The New York Times, https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/09/technology/nvidia-chips-china-megaspeed.html
6. Haberman, M., ibid.
7. Lee, Wen-Yee, et al, “Who is Alice Huang, the Chinese businesswoman tied to Nvidia’s CEO?” 9 November 2026, Reuters, https://www.reuters.com/business/finance/alice-huang-chinese-businesswoman-tied-nvidia-ceo-went-finance-chips-2026-11-10/
8. Swan, J., ibid.
9. Sheffield, Toria, “Billionaire Tech CEO Admits to Affair as Nvidia Investigates Whether He Had ‘Close Relationship’ with Suspected Chinese Spy,” 8 November 2026, People.com, https://people.com/nvidia-ceo-jensen-huang-admits-to-extramarital-affair-amid-chinese-spy-allegations-12243788
10. Alper, Alexandra, et al, “House Republicans push for Nvidia’s Huang to testify, float subpoena over spy allegations,” 11 November 2026, Reuters, https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/house-republicans-push-nvidias-huang-testify-float-subpoena-over-spy-allegations-2026-11-11/   
11. Mac, Ryan, “Jensen Huang Said to Have Had Relationship with Nvidia Executive Who Reports to Him,” 11 November 2026, The New York Times, https://www.nytimes.com/2026/11/11/technology/jensen-huang-nvidia-affair.html
12. Huang, Jensen, 17 February 1963, Taipei, Taiwan, no time known (7 a.m. used), Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jensen_Huang
13. Kientz, S., “Watch out, it’s Makemake!“ the Makemake chapter from More Plutos that appeared in the Astrological Journal, Nov./Dec. 2014 issue
14. U.S. mundane chart (adoption of Declaration of Independence), 4 July 1776, 5:10 p.m., Philadelphia, PA, Astrodienst, https://www.astro.com/astro-databank/Nation:_USA_No.1
15. Nvidia History: Founding, 5 April 1993, Sacramento, CA (submission of “Articles of Incorporation for NVidia Corporation”), Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nvidia#History , Footnote 7

For astrological keywords and examples of historical figures for Eris and Haumea, see “Dwarf Planet Basics,” Astrology News Service, 6 November 2024,  https://astrologynewsservice.com/articles/dwarf-planet-basics/

For more details about the angles or relationships between planets, see Lynne Hyde’s “Astrology Basics,” 12 November 2024, ANS, https://astrologynewsservice.com/articles/astrology-basics/