Intercept
Intercept is a $500 million philanthropic initiative that launched June 24. It aims to reduce respiratory infections through broad-spectrum preventatives and cleaner indoor air. Nan Ransohoff, Charlie Petty and Devin Sok launched it.
Leadership
Nan Ransohoff, Co-lead. Nan Ransohoff is head of public goods at Stripe, the payment company.
Key facts
WYDE coverage of Intercept
WYDE Newsroom has published 2 articles about Intercept, from Jun 24, 2026 to Jun 27, 2026. Intercept is the subject of 2 stories. The most recent is Big Tech moved $1.5B into giving. A judge saved SNAP. Roubini went onchain. 58,300 meals..
Big Tech moved $1.5B into giving. A judge saved SNAP. Roubini went onchain. 58,300 meals.
WYDE Weekly: Intercept's $500M fund, Evan Spiegel's $550M medical-debt erase, the US $800M WFP pledge, Project Pangea, and the EAT Card beta.
Jun 27, 2026 · 6 min read · Subject of the story
HealthcareStripe, Anthropic, OpenAI and Gates Back Intercept, a $500 Million Fund to End Respiratory Viruses
Intercept, a $500 million philanthropic initiative led by Nan Ransohoff and backed by Stripe, Anthropic, the OpenAI Foundation, the Flu Lab, Bill Gates, and Jane Street traders, will fund broad-spectrum preventatives and air-cleaning technologies like far-UVC light to make respiratory infections a thing of the past.
Jun 24, 2026 · 2 min read · Subject of the story
Reported alongside Intercept
- Anthropic · in 2 stories with Intercept
- Stripe · in 2 stories with Intercept
- Aleph Neuro · in 1 story with Intercept
- Anchorage Digital · in 1 story with Intercept
- Cadence · in 1 story with Intercept
- Chainlink · in 1 story with Intercept
- Coinbase · in 1 story with Intercept
- DATA Foundation · in 1 story with Intercept
Sources
- MIT Technology Review: Stripe, Anthropic and OpenAI are backing an effort to stop respiratory infections
- TIME: A New $500 Million Fund Is Trying to Eliminate the Common Cold
- Respiratory Therapy: Tech-funded Project Intercept Aims to Strike Down Cold and Flu
- Runtime Wire: Intercept launches with $500M to attack colds, flu and indoor-air transmission
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