At the OpenAI Foundation, we believe breakthroughs against disease will come from pairing intelligence with more observations of the world – in other words, more data. Today, we're announcing over $125M in grants, launching our second science program: openaifoundation.org/news/pu…

Some more about these four roles, since I will work closely with everyone we hire into them. (Salary ranges are posted on the job descriptions for these and other roles across the Foundation: openaifoundation.org/careers) First, I am excited to share that, 8 weeks ago, Vidya Vasu-Devan joined the OpenAI Foundation to lead our work in High-Burden Diseases. Before this, Vidya led the investment team for a global health biotech VC fund; before that, she was Chief Strategy Officer at a vaccine company; and before that she was Director of the $2.5 billion portfolio of strategic investments at the Gates Foundation. In an earlier draft of this tweet I wrote two more paragraphs bragging about some of the things Vidya achieved in those roles, but unfortunately for me she doesn’t like being bragged about. Which relates to why you may have a lot of fun working with her if you join our team -- Vidya is unusually humble, has helped protect an unusual number of people from infectious diseases through her work, and most importantly has complementary skills to mine in bar trivia. We are hiring a Program Officer and/or Program Director on High-Burden Diseases. These are open-ended roles with a broad mandate to help solve some of the world's biggest problems in health. They will work with Vidya to figure out: what is newly possible due to AI progress, in tuberculosis drug development? In newborn health, where roughly 2 million infants die each year? In stroke, in hepatitis B, in other diseases facing market failures where we may be able to unlock rapid progress for patients? If you have a scientific or technical background and would like to spend your time thinking about those questions, we would love to receive your application. One of the other two open roles on our team is a Chief of Staff reporting to me. If you've made it this far into a long tweet, that bodes well for your attention to detail, so perhaps you should apply (put "ATN" in the "Anything else?" field on the form). I am looking for someone with excellent judgement and organisational skills who 1) moves fast, 2) is comfortable with ambiguity, 3) takes ownership without waiting to be asked, and 4) enjoys thinking about how teams can operate at their best in the presence of growth + time constraints. I'm open to a range of backgrounds, though some science in your past helps. Vibecoding addiction is a positive too. Finally, we are hiring a Head of AI for Alzheimer's. Our goal is straightforward and extremely hard: help scientists invent new tools to finally prevent and treat Alzheimer’s. We have made some initial investments (openaifoundation.org/news/ai…), but much of what we do next remains deliberately undefined. We are seeking a flexible and highly autonomous leader to help us figure out the path. This role is similar to what Nan Ransohoff describes as a General Manager: nanransohoff.substack.com/p/…. If the role sounds exciting but you are not sure you fit the profile, I recommend reading that essay to see how much you resonate with applying something like it to AI for Alzheimer’s.

This first grant from our Civil Society division aims to double hepatitis C cure rates over 2 years, starting in Alabama, Illinois, Louisiana, and Massachusetts. The theory behind these grants -- which will range public health and other areas -- is that organisations with local context are best placed to reach people for whom the current system isn't working, and AI can help those organisations do their best work. In many areas/contexts, the tools are ready. So, financial and technical support is powerful in combination: