Nicholas Negroponte

American architect and computer scientist, co-founder of the MIT Media Lab. Told Joi Ito to accept Epstein's money. Wrote in an internal email that Epstein's ‘closest friend at MIT was Marvin Minsky, who even visited him in jail.’ Named in the 2020 MIT Goodwin Procter fact-finding report.

Initially stated ‘If you wind back the clock, I would still say, Take it’ before later expressing regret. Knew Epstein had been convicted.