OpenAI Foundation announces $125M+ in grants for Public Data for Health program
iskander · x · 2026-09-16
The OpenAI Foundation is launching its second science program, Public Data for Health, with over $125M in initial grants. Program lead Jacob Tref discussed the strategy in an interview. The foundation's thesis: breakthroughs against disease will come from pairing AI intelligence with more observations of the world — in other words, more data.
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