Andreessen Horowitz launches academy without degrees and homework in the US — The Verge
In the United States, venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) is launching the one-year Horowitz Andreessen Academy in San Francisco. The program is intended for young people who aspire to found a startup or join a Silicon Valley startup. The academy will not award degrees and will not be accredited, The Verge reports.
Partners and format
The academy is being launched with the participation of ten partners: Anduril, Anthropic, Coinbase, Google, Meta, NVIDIA, OpenAI, Palantir, Replit, and Stripe. Its launch is backed by $42 million in funding led by a16z.
Participants will attend short classes featuring technology industry representatives, including OpenAI CEO Sam Altman. The program also includes co-op work roles for students at technology companies.
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Participation conditions
To take part in the one-year program, students will need to relocate to San Francisco and arrange their own accommodation. The academy says it will not use traditional grades, tests, or homework.
a16z promises participants more than $50,000 in credits for computing resources and a $5,000 budget for travel and research. The program is positioned as a selective school where students will learn from founders and executives of technology companies and gain practical work experience.
