NextLab is indebted to the following MIT people for their substantial contributions to make this endeavor possible:

- Yossi Sheffi (MIT Engineering Systems Division)

- Chris Caplice (MIT Center for Transportation and Logistics)

- Luis Sarmenta (now at Nokia Research Center)

- Leo Celi (Harvard-MIT Health Sciences and Technology)

- Gari Clifford (now at Oxford University)

- Rich Fletcher (MIT Media Lab)

- Sandy Pentland (MIT Media Lab)

- Joost Bonsen (MIT Media Lab)

- Amy Smith (MIT D-Lab Program)

- Mitch Resnick (MIT Media Lab)

- Frank Moss (MIT Media Lab)

- John Maeda (now at Rhode Island School of Design)

- Andy Lippman (MIT Media Lab)

To the following Estafeta people for their generous sponsorship of NextLab@CTL:

- Oscar Howell (now at Grupo SM - Spain)

- Ingo Babrikowsky (CEO)

And to the following Grupo Carso people for their pioneering sponsorship of the Next Billion Network:

- Javier Elguea (Inttelmex/Fundación Carlos Slim)

- Andrés Vázquez del Mercado (Telmex)