Nvidia's board of directors has opened an independent investigation into reports that founder and CEO Jensen Huang was the target of a foreign intelligence effort. The board announced the review in a statement posted to the Nvidia newsroom on November 8, 2026.
According to the statement, a committee of independent directors will oversee the investigation, supported by outside independent counsel. The board said the inquiry will examine all available information. It did not name the committee members or the law firm involved.
The board said Huang "fully supports the review" and has agreed to cooperate with it. It also said it has no reason to believe that U.S. national security or Nvidia's own secrets were compromised, and that it remains confident in Huang and his leadership team.
The statement says the board prioritizes U.S. national and economic security and will provide further updates as appropriate. It does not give a timeline for the investigation, and it does not announce any change to Huang's role or to Nvidia's operations.
Nvidia supplies most of the accelerators used to train and serve frontier AI models, and Huang has led the company since he co-founded it in 1993. For now the board's position is that no Nvidia technology or confidential information was exposed. Developers and companies that depend on Nvidia hardware have no announced product, supply or policy change to plan around while the review runs.