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5 min readMonologue: Jensen's Bizarre Adventure
On a May morning in 2026, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang resigned—not because of a boardroom coup over strategy or earnings, but because of what turned out to be one of the largest alleged chip smuggling operations in history, entangled with three affairs, shell companies worth billions, and a general counsel who may have pressured government officials. The resignation itself was triggered when reports surfaced that Huang had been involved with three women: one who ran what appears to be a front for shipping restricted GPUs to China, and two Nvidia employees. But as Ed Zitron argues in this monologue, the affairs are a distraction from the real story.
The Megaspeed Network
The central figure in the smuggling allegations is a woman named Alice Huang (no relation to Jensen), who became managing director of a company called Megaspeed in March 2023. Megaspeed had originally been a mobile app developer called Seven Road, but under Alice Huang's control, it rapidly transformed into something else entirely. Through a subsidiary called Speed Matrix, the company bought more than $4.8 billion worth of GPUs—many magnitudes more than its actual revenue would justify.
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What you'll learn
- 1 Monologue: Jensen's Bizarre Adventure — Navigation Outline
- 2 (03:17) **The Big News** - Ed Zitron announces that NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang has resigned following revelations of three affairs, one with a CEO connected to GPU smuggling to China, and two with NVIDIA employees
- 3 (04:12) **Alice Huang and the Megaspeed Operation** - The first affair was with Alice Huang (Huang Lei), who became managing director of a company called Megaspeed after it was acquired by her limited company in March 2023
- 4 (05:24) **How Jensen Met Alice** - Speed Matrix pledged its entire business as collateral for a loan from Alibaba, and Alibaba appears to have introduced Jensen to Alice
- 5 (06:28) **Ed's Observation** - Ed comments on a specific photo of Alice and Jensen, noting her arm around his neck with her hand drooping, describing it as a clear indicator of an intimate relationship
- 6 (06:34) **NVIDIA's General Counsel Under Scrutiny** - NVIDIA General Counsel Tim Teeter reportedly called Under Secretary Jeff Kessler to ask about the investigation into Megaspeed and about Alice Wong's detention by Singaporean police
- 7 (07:33) **Political Delays** - Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick delayed action after Trump authorized a new crackdown on companies suspected of diverting AI chips to China
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Show Notes
In this week's Better Offline monologue, Ed Zitron walks you through the ousting of NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang - and his apparent participation in a multi-billion dollar smuggling ring to sell GPUs to China.
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