Stripe, Anthropic, and OpenAI are backing an effort to stop respiratory infections

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Stripe, Anthropic, OpenAI, and other backers are funding Intercept, a new nonprofit focused on preventing common respiratory infections. The group plans to support vaccines, air-cleaning systems, and other broad countermeasures against colds and flu. The initiative aims to address a large unmet public-health problem that has received limited commercial attention from drug companies. The article also notes that Intercept draws on expertise from researchers and former public-health and FDA leaders, and it reflects Stripe's broader pattern of backing long-horizon science initiatives.

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