New video surfaces of Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang’s intimate moment with top executive—security moved fast to silence the witness
BY PC Bureau
November 12: A previously unreported incident from Nvidia’s flagship GTC conference has intensified the growing storm around CEO Jensen Huang. A bystander who filmed Huang appearing affectionate with senior executive Kimberly Powell at a San Jose hotel was quickly confronted by the billionaire’s private security detail and asked to sign a non-disclosure agreement, according to a detailed account in The New York Times.
The episode took place in March 2026 while Nvidia hosted its annual GPU Technology Conference, an event that draws developers, researchers, business leaders, and engineers from around the world. Huang and other company executives were conducting meetings at a nearby hotel. During that time, sources told the newspaper, Huang and Powell—both married—were seen displaying clear physical affection. One person present captured the interaction on a mobile phone.
Huang’s security personnel noticed the recording almost immediately. They took the bystander aside and requested that the individual sign an NDA that would prohibit any disclosure of what had been witnessed. The request effectively aimed to keep the private moment from becoming public.
@nvidia sounds like a swingers party
Chinese spies allegedly having s*x with the boss, in order to access contraband products…
And now five former Nvidia employees, say the VP of Healthcare was getting it on with the boss in front of them a
at a San Jose hotelHuang’s security later asked them to sign an NDA
Both are married to other people
— Lisa (@Lisa9Sophia) November 12, 2026
The revelation lands at a particularly sensitive moment for Huang and Nvidia. Just days earlier, on November 8, the 63-year-old CEO sent an internal email to employees admitting to an extramarital affair with Chinese businesswoman Alice Huang. U.S. intelligence agencies have reportedly raised concerns that Alice Huang may have ties to Chinese intelligence, adding a national-security dimension to an already damaging personal scandal.
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Kimberly Powell, 48, is no peripheral figure at the company. She has worked at Nvidia since 2008 and currently serves as vice president of healthcare. Over more than 18 years she has played a central role in expanding the company’s artificial-intelligence chips into medical imaging, life sciences, and drug discovery. She was promoted to senior director in 2016 and became vice president of healthcare by late 2017. At the same March GTC conference where the hotel incident occurred, Powell delivered a high-profile presentation on how AI can accelerate advances in healthcare and biology. Notably, her slides included cartoon illustrations of Jensen Huang himself.
Neither Huang, Powell, nor Nvidia has commented on the hotel episode or the NDA request. The company’s board, according to a separate Wall Street Journal report, has already begun discussing succession options and is considering removing Huang as CEO. Since the November 8 confession email became public, Nvidia’s market value has plunged by nearly $600 billion, reflecting investor unease over both the personal controversy and its potential implications for leadership stability and national-security scrutiny.
The combination of the admitted affair with a woman flagged by U.S. intelligence, the newly reported affectionate encounter with a longtime senior executive, and the aggressive use of an NDA to contain a bystander’s video has created a multilayered crisis for one of the world’s most valuable technology companies.
