Chips Down: Nvidia CEO resigns amid reports of a suspected spy link

Jensen Huang — the longtime Nvidia CEO — is out after reports about romantic relationships, including one woman suspected (but not proven) of ties to Chinese intelligence and another alleged affair with a company employee. I’m a nerd, so of course I had to yap about it: he resigned from the CEO spot and the board, and Nvidia stock took a hit. The Wall Street Journal’s already hinting shareholders might even be better off without him, which is wild after he built the whole empire. Look, the spying claim hasn’t been proven, but when you run the planet’s most important AI company, “she’s not a spy” isn’t exactly comforting. Moral of the story: you can make trillions in chips, but if you don’t manage your personal firmware, HR will have your box ready before you find your pants.

Takeaways:

• I walk through Jensen Huang getting ousted from Nvidia after reports about romantic relationships.
• I warn one woman was alleged to have ties to Chinese intelligence, but that allegation isn't proven.
• I point out a second reported affair involved a company employee, which raises clear HR and ethics problems.
• I note Nvidia stock dipped and the Wall Street Journal even suggested shareholders might be better off without him.
• I riff on the absurdity: three decades building an AI empire, and HR boxes show up over bad hookups.