In Brief

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3:28 PM PST · November 9, 2026

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Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang hired Heller Inc., a crisis communications firm known for handling sex scandals, at least a year before he publicly acknowledged an extramarital affair with a woman suspected of spying for China, Wired reported .

Heller Inc. founder Risa Heller has advised prominent men through personal scandals and sexual misconduct accusations, according to a 2023 New York Magazine profile. Her reported clients include former congressman Anthony Weiner , celebrity chef Mario Batali , and former New Yorker writer Jeffrey Toobin.

Wired also reported that Nvidia’s internal communications team was told to copy Heller Inc. on press inquiries about Huang shortly after an October 2025 New York Times report about whether Nvidia was helping Chinese companies evade U.S.…