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

Intercept, a new nonprofit backed by Stripe, Anthropic, and OpenAI, has been funded with $500 million to develop ways to prevent respiratory infections like the common cold and flu. The organization will pursue multiple approaches, including vaccines, RNA drugs (medicines made from genetic material), antibodies (proteins that fight viruses), and large-scale air-cleaning systems using ultraviolet light to inactivate viruses in shared spaces like schools and offices.