Reuters reported that Jensen Huang allegedly had an "intimate relationship" with a second Nvidia employee, adding to the allegations that came before his resignation as CEO.
Reuters did not name the employee. It said the information comes from "two people familiar with the matter," so the claim rests on anonymous sourcing.
The resignation followed Huang's admission of an affair, believed to be with a suspected Chinese intelligence asset. A New York Times report also described another extramarital affair, with Nvidia VP Kimberly Powell. Colette Kress, the company's previous chief financial officer, is now interim CEO. Nvidia's share price fell considerably during the initial allegations and the uncertainty over Huang's future. It has shown signs of recovery since his departure was announced.
The allegations fall into two different categories, and the difference matters. A relationship with a colleague is a workplace-conduct question for a board. A suspected link to a foreign intelligence service is a national security question for lawmakers. The second Reuters allegation belongs to the first category. Huang is still scheduled to appear before the Senate Banking Committee alongside Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick in the coming weeks, and that hearing concerns the initial allegations.
There is precedent for the workplace half of this. Intel's Brian Krzanich resigned in 2018 after a past consensual relationship with an employee violated company policy. That case had no national security dimension, and it involved a single relationship rather than several alleged ones.
Nvidia is one of the world's most valuable companies and sits at the center of the AI boom. Its leadership questions now run on two tracks: a board dealing with conduct, and a Senate hearing dealing with security. They may not resolve on the same timeline.