US tech giant Nvidia investigates CEO's affair with suspected Chinese spy

US tech giant Nvidia, one of the most valuable companies in the world, has opened an independent investigation into allegations that its CEO Jensen Huang had an affair with a suspected Chinese spy.

The FBI declined to comment further when contacted by the BBC. President Donald Trump said on Monday that the FBI is also investigating the affair.

US officials believed that Alice Huang had been recruited to spy by China's top intelligence agency, the New York Times reported.

Her current whereabouts are unknown. The BBC understands Megaspeed is under investigation by the Singapore government regarding previous allegations that the company was circumventing US sanctions on the export of Nvidia's high-end chips.

The company told the New York Times last month its current leadership took the allegations seriously and had appointed external legal advisers to conduct an internal investigation.

Surveillance reportedly revealed communications between Alice Huang and an American citizen, who was subsequently identified as Jensen Huang through a process known as US tech giant Nvidia investigates CEO's affair with suspected Chinese spy

The billionaire tech executive finds himself mired in a personal and national security scandal.

Watch: Who is suspected Chinese spy at centre of Nvidia affair investigation?

One of the Artificial Intelligence (AI) industry's most important figures has been accused of having an affair with a suspected Chinese spy, prompting an investigation.

US intelligence officials believed that Chinese businesswoman Alice Huang, who had a close relationship with Nvidia CEO and co-founder Jensen Huang, was a spy for Beijing, according to a New York Times report.

On Sunday, Huang admitted, external to having been