The Worst-Case Scenario for Jensen Huang
A Suspected Chinese Intelligence Operation Has Reached The Heart Of Nvidia — And The Worst-Case Scenario Goes Far Beyond Its CEO.
Nvidia has spent more than three decades building the technology that now powers much of the artificial intelligence revolution. Its processors support enormous data centres, advanced research laboratories and the development of increasingly capable AI systems.
Yet one of the greatest threats to the company may have emerged not from a rival chipmaker, but from the personal life of its founder.
Jensen Huang, Nvidia's chief executive, has admitted having an extramarital affair. The woman identified in reports about that relationship, Alice Huang, is suspected by American intelligence officials of having connections to China's intelligence services.
The allegations have triggered an FBI investigation, an independent inquiry by Nvidia's board, shareholder litigation and increasingly serious questions in Washington about access to restricted American technology.
Approximately $430 billion was wiped from Nvidia's market value over two trading sessions. Separate reporting has alleged that Alice Huang helped facilitate access to at least $7.5 billion worth of Nvidia processors for Chinese firms.
Those are allegations, not established findings of criminal wrongdoing. Jensen Huang has not been charged with espionage or another crime. Nvidia says it has no reason to believe its corporate secrets or American national security have been compromised.
But what happens if investigators discover something significantly worse?
The most damaging scenario would combine a successful foreign intelligence operation, deliberate circumvention of American export restrictions, concealed corporate conflicts and a political crisis over who was allowed to access the technology at the centre of the global AI race.
Such an outcome could threaten Nvidia's leadership, its financial valuation and America's technological advantage.
The evidence available on 12 November 2026 does not establish that nightmare scenario. Understanding how it could happen, however, reveals why this scandal has attracted such extraordinary attention.
How Jensen Huang Became The Centre Of An International Espionage Investigation
Jensen Huang co-founded Nvidia in 1993, initially building graphics-processing technology for computers and video games.
Over time, the company's graphics processing units, or GPUs, became extraordinarily valuable for artificial intelligence. Their ability to perform many mathematical operations simultaneously made them especially useful for training the neural networks behind modern AI systems.
As companies raced to build larger and more capable models, Nvidia's hardware became one of the most sought-after resources in technology.
Huang consequently became far more than a conventional corporate executive. His business decisions influenced the development of AI infrastructure across the world. His views on international technology restrictions also attracted the attention of American policymakers.
The current controversy centres on his relationship with Alice Huang, a businesswoman associated with Singapore-based computing company Megaspeed International. Despite sharing a surname, the two are not related.
American intelligence officials reportedly concluded that Alice Huang was an asset of China's Ministry of State Security, the organisation responsible for significant elements of Chinese civilian intelligence and counterintelligence operations.
The underlying intelligence supporting that assessment has not been publicly disclosed. China has rejected the accusations, and the allegation has not been independently established through a public legal process.
On 8 November, Jensen Huang acknowledged being unfaithful to his wife, Lori, in a message to Nvidia employees. He apologised to his family and colleagues and committed to cooperating with the company's independent investigation.
He did not admit knowing about any alleged intelligence activity.
President Donald Trump subsequently disclosed that the FBI was examining the matter. Trump said Huang had told him he was unaware of the alleged espionage connection and expressed his belief that the chief executive had not knowingly become involved.
This distinction matters enormously.
A person who is deceived by an intelligence operative is potentially a victim of espionage. Someone who deliberately transfers protected information to a foreign government could face entirely different legal consequences.
Nothing publicly established demonstrates that Huang knowingly assisted Chinese intelligence.
Nevertheless, investigators must establish whether the relationship created opportunities for information gathering, commercial influence or coercion.
Why Nvidia Is Such An Extraordinary Espionage Target
Nvidia's commercial importance explains why foreign intelligence agencies would have an interest in its operations.
The company sits near the centre of several overlapping systems: semiconductor engineering, global AI investment, advanced computing infrastructure, American export controls and international technology diplomacy.
Access to confidential information about any one of these areas could be valuable.
Consider a government attempting to strengthen its domestic AI industry while facing restrictions on imports of cutting-edge American processors.
Knowing Nvidia's future product specifications, anticipated delivery schedules and customer arrangements could help that government make better industrial decisions.
Understanding private conversations between Nvidia executives and American officials could reveal something different: the likelihood that export restrictions might be relaxed or strengthened.
A foreign intelligence service would not necessarily need the source code of a GPU to obtain a useful advantage.
Information about policy negotiations, internal commercial pressure and the timing of future products might be strategically important even if it were insufficient to reproduce Nvidia's technology.
This is one reason the black market for advanced AI processors has become increasingly significant.
Washington has restricted exports of certain powerful processors to China because the same computing capabilities supporting commercial AI can also contribute to advanced military research, surveillance, cyber operations and other sensitive applications.
A major intelligence breach could therefore affect more than shareholders.
It could influence the distribution of computing power between two competing superpowers.
The $7.5 Billion Chip Allegation Could Be More Damaging Than The Affair
The most consequential commercial allegations involve Megaspeed and access to Nvidia's restricted processors.
Reports published on 10 November alleged that Alice Huang had used relationships within Nvidia to help secure supplies of chips that were subject to American export restrictions.
One account described approximately 240,000 processors, including H100, H200 and some A100 models, associated with shipments or access arrangements worth at least $7.5 billion.
Chinese technology companies reportedly benefiting from parts of the supply network included Alibaba, Tencent and smaller AI laboratories.
These figures and relationships remain reported allegations. They do not establish that every chip was illegally exported, that every recipient broke the law or that Nvidia knowingly authorised unlawful transactions.
Megaspeed has denied illegally diverting chips into China.
On 12 November, the company said it had cooperated with inspections by the US Commerce Department's Bureau of Industry and Security and had engaged an American law firm to independently review its GPU inventory and export-control compliance practices.
That response is important because there are several different ways a Chinese business might gain access to Nvidia computing technology, and they are not legally interchangeable.
A company could purchase chips directly where permitted, acquire hardware through intermediaries, or rent processing capacity from a data centre located overseas.
The third route deserves particular attention.
A processor installed in Singapore or Malaysia can potentially be used remotely by a customer in China. The physical hardware never needs to cross the Chinese border.
This creates a difficult regulatory problem. Export controls traditionally focus heavily on where restricted goods are shipped. Cloud computing allows customers to receive the benefits of equipment without necessarily receiving the equipment itself.
Whether any particular arrangement breaches American restrictions depends on the applicable rules, licensing conditions and underlying facts.
If investigators discover that legitimate overseas computing services were deliberately used to disguise prohibited transfers, the consequences could extend to data-centre operators, distributors and corporate customers.
If they establish only lawful provision of computing services, the conclusions would be substantially different.
The crucial issue is not simply where the chips ended up.
It is who controlled them, who could use them, what restrictions applied and whether anyone knowingly circumvented those restrictions.
The Worst-Case Scenario: What If China Successfully Compromised Nvidia?
The most severe plausible scenario begins with investigators obtaining evidence that the suspected intelligence relationship was real and strategically directed.
They might then discover that protected information was passed to Chinese intelligence, or that individuals with access to Nvidia's commercial decisions deliberately assisted prohibited technology transfers.
For the consequences to reach their most serious level, investigators would need to establish further links.
Evidence would have to show that responsible individuals understood the relevant risks, concealed material information or knowingly participated in unlawful activity.
A sequence of findings could produce five overlapping crises.
First, a national-security breach. Confidential commercial or government-related information might have reached a foreign intelligence service.
Second, an export-control crisis. Restricted processors or services might have been made available to prohibited recipients through deliberately misleading transactions.
Third, a corporate-governance crisis. Nvidia's directors might discover material conflicts of interest or failures in oversight that should have been addressed earlier.
Fourth, a political crisis. American officials could face questions about warnings they received and decisions made after receiving them.
Fifth, a financial crisis. Investors might reassess Nvidia's future profitability, regulatory exposure and dependence on its founder.
The interaction between these problems is potentially more damaging than any one of them individually.
A leadership scandal can sometimes be resolved by replacing an executive. Export restrictions can sometimes be managed by redirecting sales. A civil dispute can sometimes be settled financially.
But a company simultaneously losing its chief executive, facing government restrictions and defending allegations of serious compliance failures would confront a much more complicated recovery.
That is the genuine nightmare scenario for Nvidia.
It remains conditional on evidence that has not been publicly established.
Could Jensen Huang Be Forced To Resign?
The possibility of Huang leaving Nvidia has already entered political debate.
Republican Senator Kevin Cramer publicly called for his resignation, citing concerns about the potential for coercion when a chief executive has been involved with someone suspected of intelligence activity.
The concern is understandable from a security perspective, but exposure to a potential intelligence threat is not the same as proof of misconduct.
Nvidia's board must distinguish personal behaviour from failures that materially affect the company.
If an investigation finds no intelligence breach, no misuse of company resources and no significant corporate deception, directors could conclude that Huang should remain chief executive.
A different conclusion might follow if investigators uncover undisclosed conflicts, misleading information given to directors or serious failures to comply with company controls.
The board would then need to consider whether retaining Huang damaged Nvidia's ability to operate effectively.
Removing him would not be straightforward.
Huang has led Nvidia since its foundation. He has influenced its architecture, product direction, business relationships and corporate culture.
His unusually central role creates a succession challenge.
Unlike a mature corporation with clearly distributed executive responsibilities, Nvidia has historically maintained an organisational structure in which many senior leaders report directly to Huang.
Replacing the public face of a company is one problem. Redistributing decades of leadership relationships is another.
Potential successors discussed publicly include Nvidia co-founder Chris Malachowsky and chief financial officer Colette Kress.
Neither should be treated as an appointed successor. The company's actual succession arrangements have not been established publicly.
Nvidia also employs tens of thousands of highly skilled people. Its engineers, commercial teams, software developers and customers would not disappear with a change of chief executive.
That provides important resilience.
The worst leadership outcome would therefore be an abrupt departure combined with uncertainty about decision-making authority and a prolonged loss of confidence among major customers.
Could Huang Face Criminal Charges Or Even Prison?
A criminal case against Huang is theoretically possible, but the legal threshold is much higher than demonstrating a controversial relationship.
Several potential legal questions arise.
The first concerns economic espionage.
American law criminalises certain forms of trade-secret theft undertaken to benefit a foreign government or its agents.
If prosecutors established that an executive knowingly misappropriated protected information for the benefit of Chinese intelligence, they could consider offences under the Economic Espionage Act.
But prosecutors would need evidence meeting the elements of an actual offence.
An intimate relationship, even with someone later identified as an intelligence operative, would not automatically qualify.
The second question concerns securities fraud.
Investors must receive truthful information about matters that require disclosure under applicable law. If an executive knowingly makes materially misleading statements to investors, criminal or civil consequences may follow.
A shareholder lawsuit filed in California alleges Nvidia and Huang concealed information connected to the reported relationship and its potential impact on the business.
The filing of that claim does not establish fraud.
Plaintiffs would need to prove the necessary legal elements, including misleading statements or omissions and the required connection to investor losses.
The third possibility involves export-control offences.
If anyone deliberately arranged prohibited transfers of restricted technology, investigators could examine their knowledge, involvement and responsibility.
Again, these are distinct questions.
The existence of potentially unlawful transactions somewhere in a supply chain would not automatically establish criminal liability for Nvidia's chief executive.
For Huang personally to face imprisonment, prosecutors would need to identify a specific offence, establish his individual culpability and secure a conviction.
At present, he has not been charged with criminal wrongdoing.
Could Nvidia Lose Hundreds Of Billions More?
The immediate market reaction demonstrates how quickly investors can reassess risk.
Nvidia lost approximately $430 billion in market value over two trading sessions following the escalating revelations.
Its shares fell around 9.5% across that period.
The broader decline in Nvidia's valuation has also been influenced by existing investor concerns about AI infrastructure spending and whether future returns will justify enormous capital investments. It would be misleading to attribute every movement in the company's share price to the scandal alone.
A more serious investigation could nonetheless introduce additional financial pressure.
Three potential mechanisms stand out.
The first is uncertainty over future earnings.
If export restrictions prevent Nvidia from supplying important overseas markets or serving certain customers through international intermediaries, investors may reduce their forecasts for revenue and profit growth.
The second is a higher perceived risk premium.
Investors generally pay less for uncertain future earnings than for otherwise equivalent earnings they consider dependable.
A company facing unresolved legal investigations, possible management changes and unpredictable regulatory decisions can therefore suffer a valuation decline even before its profits change.
The third is competitive disruption.
Customers making multiyear AI infrastructure investments want certainty that suppliers can deliver processors, networking technology, software support and subsequent product generations.
If Nvidia's commercial position appears unstable, some customers may explore alternatives or adjust the timing of their purchases.
That does not mean rival companies could immediately replace Nvidia's technology.
Its software ecosystem, engineering experience and integration across AI infrastructure remain significant competitive advantages.
However, serious uncertainty can affect purchasing decisions long before a technological rival matches every product.
Consider a purely illustrative example.
If a business valued at $4.3 trillion were to lose 40% of its market capitalisation, approximately $1.72 trillion in shareholder value would disappear.
That is mathematical scenario analysis, not a prediction that Nvidia will fall by 40%.
A share-price decline of that scale would require exceptionally serious developments, a broader reassessment of the company's prospects or a combination of pressures.
It should not be treated as the expected result of the allegations currently known.
The Bigger Risk: Washington Changes The Rules Of The AI Race
The most important development may already be emerging outside Nvidia's headquarters.
On 12 November, fresh reporting indicated that Chinese AI companies were attempting to secure overseas Nvidia computing capacity because they feared American authorities could restrict their remote access to powerful processors.
Some businesses were reportedly considering longer-term arrangements with foreign data-centre operators.
Others were examining opportunities to acquire chips through the grey market before enforcement intensified.
The concern centres partly on proposed American legislation known as the Remote Access Security Act.
The legislation would expand federal authority over certain forms of remote access to sensitive technologies, addressing a problem that physical export restrictions do not always resolve.
The House of Representatives passed the measure in January 2026 by 369 votes to 22. It has not yet completed the legislative process.
If stronger restrictions become law, a Chinese business might find that renting computing capacity abroad becomes significantly more difficult even when no physical chip crosses into China.
This could have consequences for the global data-centre industry.
Operators in Southeast Asia might need stronger customer screening, usage monitoring and contractual safeguards.
Companies supplying specialised cloud computing could face additional legal costs and uncertainty about which international customers they are permitted to serve.
Nvidia could also face pressure to improve visibility over downstream sales and equipment deployment.
The company cannot necessarily control every eventual use of a product once it enters a complex international distribution network. But regulators can still demand reasonable compliance measures appropriate to an exporter's obligations.
There is another complication.
Overly restrictive American policies might encourage Chinese companies to invest more heavily in domestic processors and software alternatives.
That creates a genuine strategic dilemma.
Restricting American technology can make it harder for Chinese developers to access cutting-edge systems today. But restrictions can also strengthen incentives to reduce reliance on American suppliers over the longer term.
American policymakers must decide which effect matters more, and over what period.
The espionage allegations could accelerate that debate without resolving it.
Could China Have Already Gained A Major AI Advantage?
The worst national-security scenario is not simply that China obtained restricted processors.
It is that Chinese organisations obtained a combination of computing infrastructure and strategically useful confidential information, allowing them to accelerate development or make better decisions about American technology restrictions.
Advanced GPUs are useful because they perform the enormous numbers of calculations required by modern AI.
Access to a substantial number of powerful processors can allow researchers to train larger models, run more experiments and serve AI products to more users.
But the relationship between hardware access and technological leadership is not automatic.
A company also needs software, high-speed networking, reliable power supplies, suitable training data, experienced researchers and effective engineering processes.
Possessing thousands of processors does not guarantee the ability to develop the world's most capable AI.
Likewise, obtaining confidential details about Nvidia products would not necessarily allow a competitor to manufacture equivalent chips.
Modern semiconductor production depends on intricate manufacturing processes, advanced design tools, specialised memory, packaging technology and extensive supplier networks.
A stolen design is not a functioning semiconductor factory.
The more realistic national-security danger is cumulative.
Extra computing capacity could reduce bottlenecks for Chinese AI developers. Confidential knowledge of American commercial plans might improve investment decisions. Information about future regulatory changes could help businesses obtain capacity before new restrictions take effect.
These advantages could reinforce one another.
There is also an important distinction between commercial competition and military applications.
The ability to train a more capable commercial chatbot does not automatically produce an advanced military system. Military benefits require relevant models, integration with defence equipment, testing and operational deployment.
Nevertheless, advanced AI infrastructure is considered strategically sensitive partly because the underlying technology can support many different applications.
A proven intelligence operation affecting the company that supplies such infrastructure would therefore deserve serious scrutiny.
No public finding has established that the reported relationship delivered these advantages to China.
Could The Scandal Reach The White House?
Questions surrounding the affair have also entered American political debate.
Reports suggest senior American officials received intelligence warnings concerning Huang's relationship with Alice Huang before the allegations became a major public controversy.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio reportedly briefed President Trump during travel to China in May 2026.
Separately, reporting has indicated that Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick received a classified warning concerning the relationship.
Some of these accounts have been disputed or have not been independently verified.
The political significance depends on what officials were actually told and what decisions followed.
A classified intelligence assessment does not automatically require the president to take a particular commercial or diplomatic action.
Intelligence reporting may contain uncertainty, conflicting assessments and information that cannot safely be disclosed publicly.
Officials must weigh those concerns against trade policy, industrial competitiveness, diplomatic relationships and the legal powers available to them.
However, the situation would become much more serious if an investigation established that credible warnings were deliberately ignored for improper reasons, that official decisions were influenced unlawfully or that public statements knowingly concealed important information.
Those findings would require evidence beyond the existence of intelligence briefings and controversial policy decisions.
Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer has demanded greater scrutiny of the administration's handling of the matter and stronger restrictions on advanced chip exports to China.
The controversy has therefore crossed party lines, with politicians expressing different concerns about Huang's continued leadership, corporate security and American technology policy.
A congressional investigation could seek documents, testimony and explanations concerning the chronology of government warnings.
That might establish that officials followed an appropriate process.
It might also identify weaknesses in the handling of national-security information.
Until those records are examined, claims of government wrongdoing remain speculative.
What Nvidia's Independent Investigation Could Actually Discover
Nvidia's independent directors have retained outside legal advisers to investigate the allegations.
The appointment of specialist counsel is significant because the company must establish facts that could carry consequences for senior executives, directors, investors and regulators.
An effective investigation would need to examine several different forms of evidence.
Communications and access records could help determine whether protected information was shared or whether individuals received access inconsistent with their professional responsibilities.
Commercial records could reveal how particular chip orders were approved, whether unusual exceptions were granted and who authorised relevant decisions.
Export-compliance documentation could establish which restrictions applied and what the company knew about customers, intermediaries and potential end users.
Board and executive records could clarify when concerns were raised, who received warnings and whether the company's response was appropriate.
Interviews and external evidence might help establish the nature of relevant relationships and whether any improper requests were made.
There are limits to what a corporate investigation can establish.
A private company does not possess all the intelligence-gathering powers of the FBI or other government agencies.
Some information may remain classified. Relevant witnesses may be overseas. Foreign organisations may not cooperate.
Consequently, investigators could reach different conclusions about different aspects of the affair.
They might establish weaknesses in corporate procedures without proving espionage.
They might identify unusual commercial transactions without establishing criminal intent.
They might also uncover evidence supporting serious misconduct.
The quality of the final conclusions will depend on the underlying evidence rather than the public pressure surrounding the investigation.
Three Possible Outcomes For Nvidia
The scandal could develop along three fundamentally different paths.
Scenario One: Huang Survives And Nvidia Recovers
Investigators find no evidence that Huang knowingly assisted foreign intelligence, disclosed protected information or participated in unlawful chip transfers.
The company identifies any necessary improvements to its governance and security practices.
Its board concludes that Huang can continue leading Nvidia.
Government scrutiny of Chinese access to advanced processors persists, but the company's core business remains strong.
This outcome would not erase the reputational damage or family consequences of Huang's admitted infidelity.
It would, however, separate the established personal misconduct from unproven allegations of espionage.
Scenario Two: Huang Leaves And Nvidia Faces Years Of Litigation
Investigators identify serious governance failures, misleading disclosures or conflicts that undermine confidence in Huang's continued leadership.
The board appoints a successor while regulators examine relevant conduct and shareholders pursue litigation.
Nvidia remains a leading supplier of AI processors, but its valuation reflects additional uncertainty about future management, compliance costs and commercial relationships.
This would be a major corporate crisis without necessarily involving a proven transfer of national-security secrets.
It could be financially painful while still leaving the company's underlying technological position largely intact.
Scenario Three: Espionage, Illegal Transfers And Concealment Are Proven
This is the extreme scenario.
Investigators establish that Chinese intelligence successfully obtained protected information, that unlawful technology transfers took place and that senior individuals knowingly facilitated or concealed relevant conduct.
Criminal investigations expand.
American regulators impose substantial sanctions or tighter restrictions where legally justified.
Nvidia confronts the possibility of leadership changes, substantial litigation and prolonged disruption to international business.
Political scrutiny intensifies as officials examine the handling of earlier intelligence warnings.
Customers reassess supply-chain risk, while competitors attempt to win contracts from businesses seeking alternatives.
Such a sequence could dramatically damage Nvidia's valuation and strategic position.
But it requires several serious allegations to be proven. The findings cannot be inferred from the existing scandal, even though the consequences would be enormous.
The Overlooked Danger Is Nvidia's Dependence On Trust
Nvidia's competitive position is usually explained through engineering.
Its processors are powerful. Its software tools are widely used. Its networking systems help connect enormous clusters of GPUs into working AI infrastructure.
Those advantages matter.
Yet companies buying advanced AI equipment also rely on something less visible: confidence that their suppliers can operate reliably across complicated legal and political environments.
An AI data centre can require billions of dollars in investment.
Its owners need confidence that hardware will arrive, software will remain supported and future upgrades will be available.
Governments need confidence that sensitive technology is handled consistently with applicable security and export-control obligations.
Investors need confidence that management can identify major risks and communicate material information appropriately.
An espionage scandal can therefore damage relationships even when the underlying products remain technically excellent.
That is why the outcome of Nvidia's investigation matters beyond Jensen Huang's personal future.
If the evidence ultimately clears the company of security wrongdoing, Nvidia may be able to rebuild confidence through transparent findings and improved safeguards.
If the investigation establishes serious systemic failures, the company could face a more difficult challenge: demonstrating that its future commercial success does not depend on the same weaknesses that created the crisis.
The greatest threat to Nvidia is not that one executive becomes replaceable.
It is that customers, regulators and investors stop trusting how the company manages strategically sensitive technology.
What To Watch Next
As of 12 November 2026, several developments could materially change the assessment of the scandal.
The FBI investigation may clarify whether the alleged Chinese intelligence connection can be established and whether any protected information was obtained.
Nvidia's independent investigation could identify the scope of Huang's disclosures, any relevant governance failures and the adequacy of the company's internal controls.
American authorities may provide further information concerning Megaspeed's compliance with export restrictions and the reported supply arrangements.
Congress could pursue new legislation governing remote access to advanced American computing technology.
And investors will continue assessing whether the controversy affects Nvidia's leadership, revenue expectations and relationships with major customers.
The most consequential development would be credible evidence connecting the suspected intelligence activity to specific protected information or unlawful commercial decisions.
Without that connection, the worst allegations remain unproven possibilities.
With it, investigators would face a dispute reaching far beyond the conduct of one corporate executive.
Nvidia has become a vital supplier to the international AI economy. Its chips power systems used by technology companies, researchers, financial institutions and governments around the world.
A confirmed compromise of its most sensitive information or commercial controls would expose weaknesses in the way advanced computing technology is protected across international borders.
The central unanswered question is therefore narrower, and more important, than whether Jensen Huang can survive a personal scandal.
Did anyone exploit access to Nvidia's leadership to obtain protected information or unlawfully influence the distribution of advanced AI technology?
The answer will determine whether this becomes a damaging episode in Nvidia's history or a much larger confrontation over the security of the global AI industry.
Sources
Reuters — Nvidia Faces Deepening Scrutiny Over China Chip Ties, CEO Affair — November 10 reporting on alleged chip shipments, market losses, Nvidia's investigation and American political responses.
Reuters — Could Huang, Nvidia And Company's Board Be Held Liable Over Affair Scandal? — November 11 legal analysis of potential securities litigation, regulatory enforcement, corporate responsibility and economic espionage.
Reuters — Chinese AI Firms Rush To Secure Nvidia Chip Capacity As Spy Scandal Stirs Fear Of US Curbs — November 12 reporting on overseas computing demand, Megaspeed's response and proposed restrictions on remote access to sensitive technology.
Associated Press — Alleged Spy Plot Targeting Nvidia CEO Raises Questions About Company's Future — Independent reporting on the FBI inquiry, Nvidia's leadership structure and succession risks.
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