India, Nov. 12 -- Jensen Huang's resignation as Nvidia's chief executive, after reports of his affair with a woman US authorities suspect of being a Chinese spy, leaves the dominant maker of artificial intelligence (AI) chips without the founder who has run it since 1993, and the wider AI industry without the man who helped bankroll its expansion.

Nvidia said on Thursday that Huang "has resigned as President, Chief Executive Officer, and a member of the Board, effective immediately". Chief financial officer Colette Kress will serve as interim chief executive while the board searches for a permanent successor, and Harvey Jones, a former chief executive of chip design software firm Synopsys, becomes the board's first-ever chair. Nvidia's s...