{"id":14919,"date":"2026-06-24T14:20:01","date_gmt":"2026-06-24T14:20:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news678.top\/?p=14919"},"modified":"2026-06-24T14:20:01","modified_gmt":"2026-06-24T14:20:01","slug":"stripe-anthropic-and-openai-are-backing-an-effort-to-stop-respiratory-infections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news678.top\/?p=14919","title":{"rendered":"Stripe, Anthropic and OpenAI are backing an effort to stop respiratory infections"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The project takes inspiration from efforts to fight the covid-19 virus, where Veesler\u2019s group was among those involved in the speedy development of vaccines, anti-viral drugs, and antibodies.\u00a0<\/p>\n
According to Ransohoff, Intercept\u2019s advisers will include Peter Marks, a former top FDA official, as well as Moncef Slaoui, the pharmaceutical executive who led the US coronavirus vaccine effort, Operation Warp Speed.<\/p>\n
A key challenge for Intercept will be coming up with ways to counter many\u2014even all\u2014viruses at one time. That accounts for the group\u2019s interest in air-cleaning technology, such as using strong ultraviolet light to inactivate viruses. The idea, the group says, is to remove viruses from the air in the same way municipalities remove impurities from the water supply before it\u2019s piped to people\u2019s homes.<\/p>\n
The US funds about $6.5 billion a year in virus research through the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease, or NIAID. But that agency\u2019s budget hasn\u2019t grown in recent years, leaving more room for private philanthropy.<\/p>\n
And Stripe\u2019s Collison brothers have become some of the most reliable philanthropists in viral research. After giving away \u201cfast grants\u201d to help labs during the covid-19 pandemic, they later joined other donors who committed $650 million to establish the Arc Institute, in Palo Alto, which has developed AI models for biological research.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe diversity of viruses is just too large and seems daunting, so people don\u2019t even try,\u201d says Veesler. \u201cI\u2019m happy that someone is ready to help scientists, not accepting the status quo, and doing something different.\u201d