Lawyers Are Flying in Circles Above Nvidia’s Head After Jensen Huang’s Affair With Alleged Spy
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Class actions and investigations around Nvidia’s leadership drama are a reminder that key-person and governance risk are now core to AI infra exposure. If your roadmap is tightly coupled to any single vendor, revisit contingency plans that assume both operational and leadership continuity.
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