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  Topfi
  I recently recalled Nvidia's rather strange reaction to the Gamers Nexus investigation into GPU smuggling [0]. Found it somewhat strange at the time how incredibly agitated the reaction seemed to have been, given Nvidia could sell the same GPUs for the same price essentially instantly without the Chinese market. Their reaction wasn't merely a denial, dismissal or even silence, but very irrationally sounding for a company of their size and standing.Why not just sell to not-sanctioned entities, ensure compliance to the best of your abilities and otherwise keep your head down? Again, wasn't like they struggled to find buyers for their chips.Considering Megaspeed, I now see this in a very different light. Him cheating is personal and I wish the affected members of any family of a cheater the best, but not relevant for us outsiders.Being honey trapped very bad securities wise, but he'd be a victim (and evidence for why we shouldn't discount Mistral in the frontier lab race [1]). If sanctions avoidance went all the way to the top, that is hard to negate even for a board that is interested in keeping him.[0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1H3xQaf7BFI[1] https://time.com/archive/7146565/hollandes-popularity-goes-u...
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  nicerice
  This doesn't seem like a healthy move for the company's longevity. What else did Jensen do? It's a given that companies that size will be targets for espionage and leak information even without it. This one mistake is enough to end all the value he has-and would continue to add to nvidia? Feels like we're missing information about the whole thing.
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  bartread
  I said on this a few days ago that he should be thinking about resigning: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50418016At the time I didn't think it would happen because of impact on Nvidia's stock price, but at that point we didn't know about his second affair - with Kimberly Powell.I'd suggest this latest revelation makes his position untenable, especially if the board found out about the second affair via a source other than Huang himself. He should have spilled the beans on that when the first affair came out, not that it would necessarily have saved him, but withholding the information - if that's what he did - should condemn him. It's another serious lapse in judgement and a failure of integrity that is not befitting of one of the most powerful corporate leaders on earth.Goodness knows how his wife is feeling at this point. Certainly makes his apology from a couple of days back ring rather hollow.
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  bushbaba
  Sounds like he helped China get GPUs in violation of export controls. This puts NVidia in a tough place as keeping him as CEO risks broader legal ramifications.
• gnabgib
  Discussion on source (80 points, 30 comments) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50459703> If a post reports on something found on another site, submit the latter.https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
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  ajaimk
  The thought that Jensen Huang might not be CEO of Nvidia when GTA VI comes out.He's had the job since before GTA 1 started development.
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  haunter
  1, Jensen Huang ousted as a CEO2, China isolating Taiwan with an ongoing military drill https://www.reuters.com/world/china/taiwan-says-china-is-con... https://maritime-executive.com/article/analysis-china-s-nava...3, Trump meeting Xi next week on the 18th https://www.euronews.com/2026/11/09/donald-trump-plans-to-me...
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  martincsweiss
  Yea, I don’t think that’s going to happen.
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  wewewedxfgdf
  Steve Jobs, Sam Altman, Jack Dorsey ..... Jensen Huang?It's often the Board of Directors that goes and the CEO retains control in the end.
• what_hn
  He's done for
• donkeylazy456
  The company that rises due to AI has being ready to fall because of human nature. What a great joke.
• j45
  It’s funny how many CEOs don’t get fired for this sort of thing.What is it about a Jensen.Was anything stolen?Is he like a Steve Jobs?
• LightBug1
  Jensen's fatal mistake was not offering the lady involved a horse.
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• etchalon
  And another Mackenzie Scott is born.
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  0xy
  They should poach Lisa Su to lead Nvidia, she's one of the most talented CEOs of all time and knows chips.
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• sergiotapia
  Mission accomplished: nvidia nationalized.
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  thrownawaysz
  It’s pretty clear (if you aren’t a huge idiot) that Jensen is attempting to bury the lede here.He knowingly helped advance China’s AI ambitions against the direction of congress. He got caught selling 7.5 Billion dollars of restricted chips to china.Also he cheated on his wife with some Chinese woman, which is a totally separate and unrelated fuck up.If you seriously think he got tricked by some random woman who batted her eyes, you are out of your mind. He founded the fucking company, he isn’t some clueless executive. He’s also not senile and he doesn’t have dementia. This is the only viable excuse for him to use, but it’s complete bullshit.Think about it: He betrayed his longtime wife, who by all accounts supported him from the beginning. He betrayed his company and its shareholders. And he betrayed his country (BOTH of his countries?) who specifically forbid the chips to be sold to china. He’s fucked
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  logicallee
  This appears to be shortseller-initiated. We're going to make this illegal (in around the next 20 minutes) and if he is fired, we will launch a rigorous investigation and liquidate any company that contributed to this happening.NVidia is Jensen's company.EDIT: Done. https://stateofutopia.com/laws/3/law3.html
• niobe
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