Huang's Coziness With Trump Wasn't Enough to Save Him From Spying Scandal

For nearly two years, Jensen Huang enjoyed direct access to President Trump and vast influence over America's AI policy. Even still, Huang has been unable to head off a deepening scandal involving an affair with a suspected Chinese intelligence source that has now prompted Nvidia's board to make preparations for his ouster.

From the outset, some Trump administration officials were deeply uncomfortable with the Nvidia chief executive's posture toward China. Those concerns fell on deaf ears as Huang built his power in Silicon Valley and Washington.