CEO reportedly ‌had close relationship ‌with a Chinese businesswoman who passed information to ‌Beijing

Nvidia said ⁠on Sunday it “is initiating an independent investigation in light of recent reporting that founder and CEO Jensen Huang has been the target of a foreign intelligence effort”.

The Republican-led foreign affairs and intelligence committees of the US Congress asked Huang to testify next week at a closed-door briefing on Nvidia’s “security protocols against foreign adversary espionage” in response to a New York Times report in ​October alleging he ‌had a close relationship ‌with a Chinese businesswoman who passed information to ‌Beijing.