Andreessen Horowitz Launches $42 Million Academy With 10 Tech Partners

3 articles · Updated · The Verge · Sep 22

$42 million in a16z-led funding will back the Horowitz Andreessen Academy, a one-year San Francisco program for 50 mainly recent high school graduates starting in fall 2027.
10 partners — including OpenAI, Google, Meta, NVIDIA, Palantir and Stripe — will supply short classes and co-ops aimed at steering students into startups or tech jobs.
The academy grants no degree or accreditation and promises no traditional grades, tests or homework, instead offering founder-led instruction and company placements.
Students must relocate to San Francisco and arrange their own housing, though a16z says they will receive more than $50,000 in compute credits and a $5,000 travel and research budget.
The launch extends Silicon Valley's push into alternative education as Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz have criticized universities and other tech billionaires have funded their own schools.