The Information: Jensen Huang's Ties to Alice Huang Enabled $7B-Plus Nvidia Chip Sales to China
GaryMarcus · x · 2026-11-10
The Information reports exclusively that NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang's yearslong personal ties to businesswoman Alice Huang enabled over $7 billion in Nvidia chip sales to China. Gary Marcus shared the story commenting those chips could instead have gone to US companies. The piece links the sales channel to export-control and compute-allocation debates.
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