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Andreessen Horowitz has launched the Horowitz Andreessen Academy, an alternative to traditional college education focused on AI and technology entrepreneurship. This one-year, tuition-free program in San Francisco aims to teach students how to build AI products and services through practical projects rather than exams or homework. It will accept 50 applicants for fall 2027 and has received a $42 million investment from major tech companies like OpenAI and Nvidia. The academy plans to expand into a two-year program in 2028, with tuition costs similar to elite private universities.
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Andreessen Horowitz, a prominent Silicon Valley venture capital firm, has launched Horowitz Andreessen Academy, an unaccredited two-year program in San Francisco aimed at nurturing young talent aged 16 to 22. The academy focuses on teaching students how to build AI-driven products and services from scratch rather than traditional academic subjects like science classes or homework. Backed by $42 million, including $35 million from Andreessen Horowitz itself, the initiative seeks to prepare students for a future where AI transforms job markets similarly to how the Industrial Revolution did. Notable backers include OpenAI, Google, Meta, Nvidia, and Stripe. The academy's founders predict that traditional college may not adequately equip students for this new technological era, emphasizing practical experience over theoretical education.

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"The training that worked for the Industrial Revolution isn't going to map perfectly onto the AI revolution, so somebody has to pioneer how you train a person for this new world," Ben Horowitz, co-founder and general partner at the firm, also known as a16z, said in a statement.
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🔮 The unaccredited program, called the Horowitz Andreessen Academy, will focus its curriculum on teaching people how to build products and services from the ground up using AI.
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One blue-chip Silicon Valley investor has a proposal for young people who are questioning whether to attend college — enroll in AI school instead. asserted
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Venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz announced on Tuesday that it is launching an academy, billed as a college alternative, for aspiring AI and other technology entrepreneurs. asserted
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The unaccredited program, called the Horowitz Andreessen Academy, will focus its curriculum on teaching people how to build products and services from the ground up using AI. asserted
program → call → AI
Specifically, the academy will provide instruction geared to subjects such as designing AI systems, fundraising for startups, selling businesses and storytelling. asserted
academy → provide → businesses
Students won't take tests or be assigned homework but will instead focus on building real projects. asserted
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Courses will be taught by tech entrepreneurs, with the academy naming OpenAI CEO Sam Altman as either an instructor or guest lecturer. asserted
academy → teach → instructor
The San Francisco-based academy, which will operate as a for-profit company, is now accepting applications for 50 slots for fall 2027. asserted
which → base → fall
"The training that worked for the Industrial Revolution isn't going to map perfectly onto the AI revolution, so somebody has to pioneer how you train a person for this new world," Ben Horowitz, co-founder and general partner at the firm, also known as a16z, said in a statement. asserted
Horowitz → work → statement
The academy notes that it's aimed at students who have just graduated from high school or those who have completed up to two years of coursework at an "elite university. asserted
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" A cohort of prominent technology companies and investors behind the AI boom seeded the program with a $42 million investment, including Anthropic, Google, Meta, OpenAI, Nvidia and Palantir. asserted
cohort → seed → Anthropic
In August, the firm said it had raised $1 billion for a new venture fund that invests in the physical buildout of AI. asserted
that → say → AI
The academy intends to seek regulatory approvals for a two-year program, starting in the fall of 2028. asserted
academy → intend → 2028
The tuition for the two-year program is expected to be similar to that of elite private universities. asserted
tuition → expect → universities
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