Tracking Jeffrey Epstein’s influence on the cutting edge of tech research

Jeffrey Epstein’s network of money and influence often intersected with scientific and academic communities. The disgraced financier spent years cultivating relationships with researchers at elite universities, frequently dangling the promise of funding. Some of the work he supported has had, and may still have, direct and indirect impacts on Silicon Valley’s most powerful technologies. 

Epstein was first convicted in 2008 on charges of soliciting a minor for prostitution, yet he continued...