3 ms·I'm curious as to who funded the research in the first place.by jaak 8y agoI'm curious as to who funded the research in the first place.jtd514 8y agoMIT. MIT is not a university, it is a private corporation which monetizes the research it discovers.gotocake 8y agoMIT is also a university; the two elements of their existence are orthogonal, not mutually exclusive.