Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang engaged crisis communications firm Heller Inc. at least a year before publicly acknowledging an extramarital affair with a woman suspected of spying for China, Wired reported.
Heller Inc. founder Risa Heller specializes in handling sex scandals and has advised former congressman Anthony Weiner, celebrity chef Mario Batali, and former New Yorker writer Jeffrey Toobin, according to a 2023 New York Magazine profile.
Wired also reported that Nvidia's internal communications team was instructed to copy Heller Inc. on press inquiries about Huang shortly after an October 2025 New York Times report about whether Nvidia was helping Chinese companies evade U.S. chip export restrictions.
The Times had reported that Megaspeed, a Singapore-based data center company with ties to China, acquired nearly $2 billion worth of Nvidia chips. The report described Megaspeed CEO Alice Huang standing next to Jensen Huang at a Taipei gathering of Nvidia customers.
On Sunday, Nvidia published a statement from Huang acknowledging an affair with a former Megaspeed executive, though he did not name Alice Huang. Nvidia's board announced an independent investigation, citing reports that Huang "has been the target of a foreign intelligence effort."
Heller and Nvidia did not immediately respond to requests for comment.