The head of Nvidia, the world's largest manufacturer of artificial intelligence chips, found himself at the center of a scandal: he is suspected of having a relationship with a Chinese spy and cheating not only on his wife, but also, according to intelligence, on the country. Silicon Valley and the White House are shocked, and Trump shrugs it off: "Everybody does it."
In September, Donald Trump hosted Xi Jinping at the White House. Among the guests was 63-year-old Jensen Huang, head of Nvidia. He came to dinner with his wife Lori, with whom he has lived for more than 40 years.
And within a month and a half, Huang confessed to the company's employees about his betrayal: "Unfaithful to my wife. My actions hurt her and our children. I have no excuse."
But this story was not limited to family drama. Huang's mistress, the Chinese Alice Huang, was under surveillance by the American intelligence services for at least a year. The intelligence suspected her of spying for China and gathering information about Nvidia.
The board launched an investigation, Congress subpoenaed Huang for a closed-door briefing, and Trump continued to call him a "decent guy" they say should not be messed with.
How night parties in Taipei bars and a secret affair turned into one of the biggest espionage scandals in Silicon Valley - read in the "Babylon" material.