Jensen Huang resigns as Nvidia CEO

Jensen Huang's exit from Nvidia raises a big question for the AI growth. From OpenAI and Anthropic to Google, could the leadership shake-up reshape the future of AI chips, investments and innovation? Read the full story.

What we know about Chinese businesswoman Alice Huang

Beijing is deploying the world’s biggest intelligence-gathering operation. U.S. officials worry Jensen Huang was ensnared.

S&P 500, Nasdaq end lower as Nvidia uncertainty weighs on tech shares

The Nvidia board’s artificial independence

Jensen deserves due process, not whatever is happening right now. I signed. #standwithjensen

EXCLUSIVE: Ex-Nvidia CEO misled top lawyer on affair with Chinese businesswoman, sources say

The scandal rocking Nvidia will hang over AI talks between Donald Trump and Xi Jinping next week The US and Chinese president are set to discuss a tech crisis hotline at the APEC summit in Shenzhen, as their countries…

Singaporean authorities seized the passport of then-Megaspeed chief executive Alice Huang in June 2025 and held it for eight months, preventing her departure while trying to engage the U.S. government to support their…

💻 NVIDIA'S SUCCESSOR HUNT: ARM CEO IN THE FRAME? Nvidia's board has reportedly approached Arm CEO Rene Haas as the search for Jensen Huang's successor gathers pace. Could the chip giant be preparing for a major…

Trump will not raise Nvidia spy issue with Xi at summit, officials say

The re-appointment of @JensenHuang as CEO of @nvidia remains a possibility. Prediction markets also see this: @Polymarket 9% probability @Kalshi 8% probability $NVDA

NYT has responded to my post by claiming that I’m “spreading conspiracy theories.” But which of us is the one trafficking in unsubstantiated allegations? Recent coverage (including CNN, which I QT’d) shows: — The…

Silicon Valley plots Jensen Huang’s comeback

I also support the petition to immediately reinstate Jensen while awaiting the results of the independent investigation, but I thought this letter was a constructive starting place for dialogue with the board.

Baker says he also supports the reinstatement petition.

This letter was sent to Nvidia's board today. A first for @atreidesmgmt Absolutely share @altcap belief that this letter outlines minimum acceptable standards.

Atreides' Gavin Baker co-signs the Gerstner letter to the board; posted by its author.

Trump doesn’t plan to raise Nvidia, spy issue during China trip: U.S. officials

This letter was sent to the Nvidia Board today which we believe outlines the minimum acceptable standards the Board owes shareholders as it manages this difficult situation. Onward. 🫡

Letter from Altimeter's Brad Gerstner to Nvidia's board; posted by its author.

The alleged espionage operation involving Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang raises much bigger questions about the race for AI chips and national security. Former CIA officer Sean Wiswesser explains why the stakes go far beyond…

How the Jensen Huang scandal created a headache for business-friendly Singapore

Nvidia approaches Arm CEO Haas as employees seek Huang's return, media reports say

The Jensen Huang scandal may cost Howard Lutnick his job. We explain why the commerce secretary is under scrutiny

Nvidia poured tens of billions into AI startups under Huang. Without him at the helm, founders and VCs are bracing for smaller checks and lower valuations.

Elon Musk is backing Jensen Huang by signing a petition to reinstate Huang as Nvidia’s CEO. ✍️

Reports Musk's support for the reinstatement petition.

The Trump administration official who runs US export control programs was looking for marquee names for his agency’s upcoming annual conference and threw an unusual option into the mix: Nvidia Corp. Chief Executive…

@ashleyrgold writes: Notably, the ongoing Nvidia scandal was not discussed during the meeting, the official said. Read more:

Teter and the team of Nvidia lobbyists would often capitalize on their implicit White House backing and on the fact that most Hill staffers didn’t have the technical expertise to fight back on the company’s claims that…

“I was with the president when he and Jensen discussed this so I want to let you know what the president wanted,” said Nvidia’s Tim Teter, according to people with access to a detailed account of the call. “He wants…

Cantor Fitzgerald’s reported Nvidia share count fell by nearly half between September 2025 and March 2026, a CNBC analysis found. That was the period when Axios reported Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick faced pressure…

@yunta_tsai A petition is underway to reinstate Jensen and I’m signing it too

Reply to @yunta_tsai. Musk says a petition to reinstate Huang is underway and that he is signing it.

There is a made-up letter circulating online asking NVIDIA’s board to reinstate Jensen, claiming my involvement. This letter is obviously fake, and even if it were real I would not sign it. I am grief-stricken that…

Debunk marker: Nvidia VP Bryan Catanzaro says a viral letter attributed to Nvidia staff, asking the board to reinstate Huang, is made up.

Nvidia approached Arm CEO Haas to succeed Huang, FT reports

Successor search reported by the FT; not confirmed by Nvidia or Haas in collected posts.

The independent members of Nvidia’s board of directors plan to continue investigating former CEO Jensen Huang, despite his stunning resignation.

NBC cites sources; not an official Nvidia statement on X.

There were many forces that potentially would like to see @JensenHuang removed as CEO of @nvidia $NVDA - China hawks - frontier labs - NVDA competitors - China maybe - anti-AI people - short sellers Would be a powerful…

BREAKING: Jensen Huang appeared “broken” in his final hours as Nvidia CEO, per Bloomberg. Nvidia’s board held an emergency meeting that ran late into the night after the latest affair reports, and by the end Huang had…

Now I'm really starting to wonder about the Nvidia board's judgment.

Reaction to the board’s handling of the resignation.

From New York Times today about Jensen Huang:

If NVIDIA employees want Jensen back, they should start with “NVIDIA is nothing without its people” - resign and chill. Good GPU engineers are very hard to find and even harder to replace than ML engineers. Engineers…

The post Musk replied to: an ex-Nvidia engineer arguing employees should push for Huang's return.

Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick has agreed to testify before the Senate Banking Committee, as the fallout from ousted Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang’s affair with an alleged Chinese spy intensifies. Lutnick was summoned by Senate Banking Chair Tim Scott amid scrutiny over whether…

Reports Lutnick’s agreement to testify.

🤦♀️ Jensen made a rookie mistake. He had a board. In 2014, my board kicked me out for saying no to spies. In 2026, Jensen’s board kicked him out for saying yes to one. So the board gets you either way. Founders: Don’t…

Opinion / reaction.

Jensen Huang is the Steve Jobs of Nvidia. He is irreplaceable .

Opinion / reaction.

BREAKING: An internal post urging Nvidia’s, $NVDA, board to reinstate Jensen Huang has drawn over 1,600 comments, with the majority in “full support” of reinstating him, per WIRED. The post urges the Board of Directors to “consider employee sentiment” regarding Jensen Huang’s…

Cites WIRED on an internal employee post; not an official Nvidia statement.

BREAKING: Multiple sources in the US intelligence community say that the intelligence collected on Alice Huang, the suspected spy targeting Jensen Huang, does not prove she was acting as a spy for China, per CNN. Some officials at the Office of the Director of National…

Attributed to unnamed U.S. intelligence sources; contrasts with earlier spy allegations. Not a formal exoneration.

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Reaction. Post text is a single word plus media/link.

Trump had urged Jensen Huang to fight for his job, New York Times reports

Reuters attributing a New York Times report on Trump’s advice.

US Attorney General Todd Blanche said that the Justice Department has not yet reached a conclusion on whether Alice Huang, the Chinese businesswoman who had an affair with former Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, was a Chinese spy

Direct report of a statement by Attorney General Todd Blanche.

Bombshell story. The spy narrative is collapsing already. Is there clear & convincing evidence that Alice Huang was a Chinese spy? - AG says no. (“no conclusions reached”). - CIA says no. (“not yet convinced”). - DNI says no (“not entirely accurate and over-torqued”). - Ranking…

Reaction arguing the spy allegation is weakening; not an official finding.

Exclusive: Ousted Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang had an intimate relationship with a second employee, Reuters has learned

Reuters exclusive, attributed to people familiar; Nvidia/Huang have not confirmed this in collected posts.

NVIDIA letting Jensen go is a huge mistake, for America and for humanity. It's Apple firing Steve Jobs all over again, but much bigger, given the role of AI in defining the future of our world. I've been keeping quiet on this out of respect for Jensen's family and team, who I've…

Opinion / reaction.

Jensen Huang agrees to testify before House Foreign Affairs Committee

Reports Huang’s agreement to testify before the House Foreign Affairs Committee.

Here's what Nvidia interim CEO Colette Kress and board chair Harvey Jones wrote to Nvidia employees

Quotes a company letter from interim CEO Colette Kress and board chair Harvey Jones.

The years after the consent decree with Microsoft, its stock was a wastewater. You couldn’t sneeze without asking DoJ permission. Oversight at Nvidia would be a disaster and would accomplish nothing except to cede our lead to foreign countries by entangling our smartest…

Opinion / reaction.

Breaking: Jensen Huang has agreed to testify in front of Congress before the US Thanksgiving holiday, House Foreign Affairs Chairman Brian Mast tells reporters.

Breaking report that Huang agreed to testify, attributed to Chairman Brian Mast.

Breaking News: Shares in Nvidia plummeted more than 10% after Jensen Huang resigned as the company’s CEO.

Market move reported after the resignation announcement.

Breaking News: Jensen Huang, Nvidia’s CEO, resigned after admitting to an affair with a woman identified as a spy for China. He was also said to have had a relationship with an executive who reported to him. Follow live updates.

Breaking report of the resignation.

A sad day for NVIDIA, developers, America, and all humanity. Jensen founded and ran one of the few companies to reach a massive scale while driving massive continued innovation and ubiquity, while others fell into the trap of ever-increasing extraction.

Opinion / reaction. Later reposted by @elonmusk.

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang resigns after his affair raised national security concerns. The company named Colette Kress as interim CEO. Shares of Nvidia, one of the largest companies in the world, plunged 10% in premarket trading Thursday.

Reports the resignation and that Nvidia named Colette Kress interim CEO.

Jensen Huang has resigned as CEO of Nvidia

Breaking report of the resignation.

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang resigns after reports of second affair deepened scandal - follow live

Breaking report of the resignation.

Jensen Huang, the Nvidia CEO under scrutiny for an affair with a reputed Chinese spy, is also said to have had a relationship with a company executive.

NYT report of a second relationship with a company executive; not confirmed by Nvidia, Huang, or the executive in collected posts.

Breaking: Nvidia’s board is preparing to oust CEO Jensen Huang after he had two extramarital affairs, including one with a suspected Chinese spy.

At the time, a report that the board was preparing to oust Huang; resignation was announced the next morning.

Breaking News: Nvidia has hired the law firm Wachtell Lipton to help lead an investigation into its CEO and co-founder, Jensen Huang.

Reports Nvidia hired Wachtell Lipton to help lead an investigation.

Breaking news: Donald Trump said the FBI was 'looking into' Jensen Huang, after the Nvidia chief executive admitted to an affair with a woman the US believes is a Chinese spy.

Reports a statement by President Trump that the FBI was “looking into” Huang.

China dismisses as a smear campaign reports that Nvidia chief executive Jensen Huang was the target of a Beijing espionage operation, as the allegations raise concern about the American AI leader’s relationships with both President Trump and Chinese officials.

Reports China’s denial of the espionage allegation.

Breaking news: Nvidia shares dropped in pre-market trading on Monday after the chipmaker’s board said it would open an investigation into reports that chief executive Jensen Huang was the target of a foreign espionage operation.

Reports Nvidia’s board said it would open an investigation, and a subsequent share-price drop.

Nvidia’s chief executive Jensen Huang has admitted having an affair two days after the FT reported his alleged romantic relationship with a woman the US intelligence community believes was working as a spy for China.

Reports Huang’s own admission of an affair.