A recent arrest and indictment have raised questions about the past role of Alabama resident Brian Raymond, who was accused of conspiring to illegally export Nvidia chips to China. Raymond was listed as the chief technology officer (CTO) of AI company Corvex in a press release and filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. However, after his arrest, Corvex claimed that Raymond had never been hired as an employee, sparking confusion among media outlets. A spokesperson for Corvex, Christopher Buscombe, stated that Raymond was actually the CEO of another company, Bitworks, and that Corvex’s previous statement about Raymond being its CTO was “inaccurate” and misleading. This development has led to questions about how Raymond’s past role with Corvex was accurately reported by media outlets, including this one.
Source: https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/11/tech-firms-new-cto-gets-indicted-company-then-claims-he-was-never-cto