(NewsNation) -- Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang acknowledged he had an intimate relationship with a woman U.S. intelligence officials believe was spying for China, according to The New York Times.
In a message to the company, Huang apologized. “I was unfaithful to my wife,” he said. “My actions hurt her and our children. There is no excuse for what I did. I am deeply sorry," the New York Times reported.
Nvidia said it will now be opening an independent investigation into Huang, while Huang is "committed" to cooperating with it, according to the company's press release.
Huang had until Wednesday to tell Congress whether he would answer questions about his ties to a woman U.S. intelligence officials believe was spying for China.
Three House Republican committee chairmen have asked Huang to meet with them privately on Nov. 18. The leaders of the House committees on China, Foreign Affairs and Intelligence want to discuss Nvidia's safeguards against foreign espionage and Huang's dealings with Megaspeed executive Alice Huang.
The Financial Times reported Friday that a U.S. government memo described Huang as having a romantic relationship with a Chinese businesswoman whom American intelligence officials believed was recruited by China's top spy agency.
The newspaper reported that the memo was distributed to a small group of senior U.S. officials shortly before President Donald Trump traveled to meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping.
The Financial Times report builds on earlier reporting by The New York Times, which said U.S. officials concluded Alice Huang was a Chinese intelligence asset who had grown close to Jensen Huang and that Trump was aware of the perceived national security risk but took no action at the time.
China has denied targeting Huang as part of a spying effort aimed at obtaining U.S. AI chip technology for Beijing.
Nvidia declined to comment on the memo but has said Huang “talks with thousands of customer executives every year.” The company also said it investigated earlier claims that Megaspeed was smuggling chips into China and found no wrongdoing.
Megaspeed, a Singapore-based Nvidia customer, was set to purchase $2 billion worth of Nvidia AI technology over the next year. Officials have been examining whether the company helped Chinese firms circumvent U.S. restrictions on chip sales amid the Trump administration's AI competition with China.
