Intercept's $500M Health Bet, OpenAI's Jalapeño Chip, and Qualcomm's $4B Modular Deal
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Intercept fund launches with $500M to fight respiratory infections, OpenAI and Broadcom unveil custom Jalapeño AI chip, Qualcomm acquires Modular for $4B to challenge Nvidia's CUDA dominance
Chapters
Sources & Citations
Intercept Fund — Ending Respiratory Infections (official launch post)
interceptfund.substack.com
MIT Technology Review — Stripe, Anthropic and OpenAI are backing an effort to stop respiratory infections
www.technologyreview.com
Time — A New $500 Million Fund Is Trying to Eliminate the Common Cold
time.com
Digg (primary source / rank signal)
digg.com
OpenAI and Broadcom Unveil LLM-Optimized Intelligence Processor
openai.com
Digg — OpenAI launches Jalapeño, its first custom AI chip
digg.com
CNBC — OpenAI unveils first chip as part of Broadcom deal in effort to 'build the full stack'
www.cnbc.com
VentureBeat — OpenAI unveils first custom AI inference chip, Jalapeño, with Broadcom
venturebeat.com
Qualcomm to Acquire Modular (official press release)
www.modular.com
Qualcomm Buys Buzzy Chip Startup Modular for Nearly $4 Billion
www.wired.com
Qualcomm Acquires AI Startup Modular To Challenge NVIDIA's Dominance
hothardware.com
Qualcomm investor press release
investor.qualcomm.com
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