Computer scientist who connected Epstein with MIT
Danny Hillis is a computer scientist and inventor who maintained social and professional contact with Jeffrey Epstein over approximately two decades, primarily through the Edge Foundation network and MIT institutions. Between 1999 and 2018, Hillis met with Epstein at social dinners, collaborated on scientific projects seeking cryptography expertise, met him at MIT Media Lab in 2015, signed an NDA for Epstein's philanthropic foundation, and received packages from Ghislaine Maxwell. No sources indicate Hillis was arrested, charged, convicted, or sentenced in connection with Epstein. He has not publicly disclosed being a victim of abuse. His connection represents institutional and intellectual engagement with Epstein during and after Epstein's 2008 conviction, but does not constitute a specific legal accountability determination.
Epstein emails reveal dozens of communications between Jeffrey Epstein and Danny Hillis between 2010 and 2018, described as friendly and professional with no ev…
In 2000, Hillis co-founded the R&D think-tank Applied Minds with his Disney colleague Bran Ferren. In 2015, after MIT's decision to accept donations from Jeffre…
In the final year before his death, Epstein supported a bio-lab in Ukraine for the production of 'designer babies,' led by hacker Bryan Bishop. On July 21, 2018…
Danny Hillis had been long personally acquainted with Epstein – dining with him at an Edge dinner in 1999, regularly discussing currency trading, receiving a pa…
A 2015 website page listed MIT Professor Frank Wilczek as a recipient of Epstein funding, but investigators found no evidence of a donation by Epstein to MIT to…
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