Andreessen Horowitz is launching an ‘academy’ with no homework and partnerships with Palantir, Google, and Meta
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TL;DR
- Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) is launching the Horowitz Andreessen Academy.
- The academy aims to serve as a pipeline for young people to join or build Silicon Valley startups.
- It has 10 initial partners, including Anduril, Anthropic, Coinbase, Google, Meta, NVIDIA, OpenAI, Palantir, Replit, and Stripe.
- The program is funded with $42 million led by a16z.
- The academy offers short classes led by tech figures and 'co-ops' with tech companies, but no degrees or accreditation.
- Students must relocate to San Francisco and arrange their own housing.
- Participants will receive over $50,000 in compute credits and a $5,000 travel/research budget.
- The program features no traditional grades, tests, or homework.
- This venture aligns with a trend of tech billionaires creating their own educational institutions.