Neil Gershenfeld
MIT professor; director of MIT's Center for Bits and Atoms; inventor; founder of the global fab lab network
Neil Gershenfeld — MIT professor; director of MIT's Center for Bits and Atoms; inventor; founder of the global fab lab network — is named in connection with the Jeffrey Epstein files. DOJ-released Epstein files and reporting by the MIT student newspaper The Tech document that Gershenfeld — director of MIT's Center for Bits and Atoms and founder of the worldwide fab lab (fabrication laboratory) network — met with Epstein during several visits to the MIT campus in 2013 and subsequently accepted Epstein's dinner invitation at Epstein's Manhattan home. A 2014 email exchange in the files shows Gershenfeld confirming a "lunch" meeting with Epstein and adding a reference to "sunglasses and beach balls [are] optional," along with hopes to meet "in more entertaining venues." He appears in a large number of documents in the released files. The MIT Media Lab investigation, triggered by Epstein's 2019 arrest, prompted a broader review of Epstein's MIT relationships that documented Gershenfeld's campus meetings. No wrongdoing is alleged against him. This profile is auto-generated from public reporting and is pending editorial review; inclusion does not imply guilt or wrongdoing.
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Is Neil Gershenfeld in the Epstein files?
Yes. Neil Gershenfeld (MIT professor; director of MIT’s Center for Bits and Atoms; inventor; founder of the global fab lab network) is named in connection with the Jeffrey Epstein files. DOJ-released Epstein files and reporting by the MIT student newspaper The Tech document that Gershenfeld — director of MIT’s Center for Bits and Atoms and founder of the worldwide fab lab (fabrication laboratory) network — met with Epstein during several visits to the MIT campus in 2013 and subsequently accepted Epstein’s dinner invitation at Epstein’s Manhattan home. A 2014 email exchange in the files shows Gershenfeld confirming a “lunch” meeting with Epstein and adding a reference to “sunglasses and beach balls [are] optional,” along with hopes to meet “in more entertaining venues.” He appears in a large number of documents in the released files. The MIT Media Lab investigation, triggered by Epstein’s 2019 arrest, prompted a broader review of Epstein’s MIT relationships that documented Gershenfeld’s campus meetings. No wrongdoing is alleged against him.
Being named in the files is not evidence of any crime or wrongdoing. People appear in these documents in many contexts — correspondence, flight logs, contact books, scheduling, photographs, or passing references. See the sources below for the specific, documented context, and the note at the bottom of this page.
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