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After Bloomberg and The New York Times exposed the relationship between Huang Renxun and Huang Le in recent days and the suspicion of MegaSpeed’s chip transfer, Huang Renxun admitted to having an affair, and Huida also announced an independent investigation.
Bloomberg report,Huida (Nvidia) CEOJen-Hsun Huang On the 8th, she changed her story and admitted that her suspected accomplice was Huang Le, a former senior director of data center MegaSpeed in Singapore. The US government’s national security system had identified him as engaging in espionage for China. Previously, Huang Renxun and Huida had distanced themselves from each other, insisting that they only had normal business dealings between them. Additionally, MegaSpeed was previously suspected of transferring chips to China. Huida said no evidence was found. It also asked the US government if it needed to suspend transactions, and the answer it received was “no”.
MegaSpeed is a Chinese gaming company-turned-company. It primarily rents computing resources to customers to perform AI tasks. Huang Le once helped find it. Bloomberg reported in December that the US government was investigating the company’s ownership structure and whether it had transferred Huida chips to China. Investigators were particularly concerned about Huang Le and his role in the company. If smuggling is involved, it would be a serious violation of export controls established by the United States to limit China’s AI and military capabilities.
Huida defended the business deal between the two parties at the time, saying that an internal review not only found no evidence of transshipment, but also confirmed that MegaSpeed’s ownership and operations were based entirely outside China and had no Chinese shareholders. A Huida spokesperson said at the time that the company only provides “cloud services permitted by export control regulations.” Megaspeed has denied wrongdoing.
In response to the Bloomberg report, Huida also revealed that it asked officials in Washington whether it was necessary to close the transaction with MegaSpeed, and received a response that it was not necessary. A company spokesperson said: “When the law is clear, American companies will follow existing US laws, not the laws US critics want.”
Bloomberg also reported that Huang Renxun initially insisted that her relationship with Huang Le was only a business transaction. On October 29, after The New York Times revealed the close relationship between the two Huangs, Bloomberg interviewed Huang Renxun and said: “Our relationship and our conversations are all megaspeed related. Everything is completely normal and nothing unusual.” He also said that Huang Le had left MegaSpeed and that the US government had not informed him of its suspicions about Huang Le.
The New York Times further reported on November 6 that US intelligence officials had informed the Trump administration that Huang Le had been recruited by China’s Ministry of State Security to gather information about Huang Renxun. The Financial Times reported later the same day that US authorities believed the two were in a romantic relationship.
In the face of persistent reports, Huida still said that the company’s cloud partners “will not ask us to fight for changes in US laws or lobby to open sales in China.” It also said: “We believe that if we are the target of threats, the US government should notify us.” As for the possible romantic relationship between the two, the company cited Huang Renxun’s previous statement, saying that the two parties are just normal business contacts.
The New York Times revealed on the 8th that Secretary of State Rubio supervised the drafting of a top secret memo this spring, warning other Trump administration officials that Huang Renxun and Huang Le had a close relationship. The memo, based on classified intelligence obtained through electronic surveillance of Huang Le, shows that senior US officials have long been concerned about this relationship.
A few hours later, Huang Jen-hsun sent a letter to employees in which he admitted to the affair and confessed that he had cheated on his wife and children. Huida’s board of directors announced the same day that it would launch an independent investigation to clarify whether it had become the target of a foreign intelligence operation.
The New York Times reported that Trump had been briefed about Double Porn about a year earlier, but decided not to act. When asked if he regretted not acting sooner after receiving the intelligence, Trump responded: “I think he’s an honorable man. I think he may have his reasons, and you have to hear his side of the story.”
The news came shortly after the US midterm elections and the Republican Party suffered a devastating defeat; Trump is expected to attend the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in Shenzhen, China from 18 to 19, and said he would “definitely bring Huang with him.”
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After the New York Times and Bloomberg revealed one after another that he had a close relationship with Huang Le, and Huang Le was regarded as an intelligence officer by the United States, Huang Renxun finally confessed to his staff that he had an affair and betrayed his family. HUIDA’s board of directors immediately launched an independent investigation.
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The outside world has questioned whether MegaSpeed could transfer Huida chips to China in violation of US export controls. Huida responded that an internal review found no evidence and that MegaSpeed was operated and owned outside China.
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Huida said he had asked officials in Washington whether he needed to end cooperation, and received the answer, no. Therefore, the company says that as long as the law is clear, it will follow the existing rules rather than acting on the demands of critics.
