Jensen Huang Withdraws From ElevenLabs Summit

On November 9, ElevenLabs confirmed that Huang would not appear at its summit in New York on November 11. He had been scheduled to join ElevenLabs CEO Mati Staniszewski for a discussion about artificial intelligence. The event’s closing keynote is now listed as Staniszewski’s alone. Huang has also pulled out of additional appearances, including the Anthropic forum for chief executives.

The withdrawals came after Huang told Nvidia employees he had been unfaithful to his wife. In a memo, he apologized to his wife and children, said his actions had hurt them, and wrote that he would work to regain the confidence of his colleagues.

Nvidia’s board has opened an investigation into whether Huang was targeted by a foreign intelligence effort. The inquiry follows reporting about a close relationship between Huang and Alice Huang, an executive at Megaspeed, and concerns among U.S. officials that Huang could be a Chinese intelligence asset. Huang said he would cooperate fully with the investigation.

The controversy has raised questions about Huang’s future as CEO and Nvidia’s business interests in China. Other summit speakers include executives from ElevenLabs and leaders from Ramp, McKinsey and AWS.