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"Epstein Foundation has funded the OpenCog Hong Kong effort"

"iCog Labs was seed-funded by Maryland investor Sander Olsen"

"Amara Angelica... had the inspiration to introduce two of her friends: Hong Kong based AGI researcher Ben Goertzel, and Ethiopian roboticist and Singu"

"Amara Angelica... had the inspiration to introduce two of her friends: Hong Kong based AGI researcher Ben Goertzel, and Ethiopian roboticist and Singu"

"due to Goertzel's ongoing relationship with her employer Kurzweil"

"Getnet and I established a friendship online"

"I mentioned Getnet... to one of my friends there -- Sander Olson"

"The OpenCog project, to which iCog is a core contributor"

"On Wed, Jul 23, 2014 at 4:35 PM, [REDACTED] wrote: Dear Mr. Goertzel"

"From: Ben Goertzel To: [REDACTED] Sent: Sunday, July 27, 2014"

"Subject: Re: Hello from Jeffrey Epstein's Foundation"

"OpenCog guys in Addis Ababa (their lab is now called iCog Labs)"

"I've put decades of my life into shaping this design and the associated software codebase"

"From: [Blank] To: Ben Goertzel Cc: jeffrey epstein"

"On Aug 15, 2014... Ben Goertze wrote: Hi (and Jeffrey)"

"I took some time on the flight from DC to Addis Ababa today"

"I look at it this way. I think the OpenCog design... Currently iCog is doing basic OpenCog R&D"

"is also serving customers in areas including... humanoid robotics (for David Hanson's firm Hanson Robotics)"

"the iCog effort is distinguished by many key aspects -- the novel hardware design [of the YaNetu]"