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a16z’s new academy wants to be the anti-college for aspiring tech founders

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23.09.2026

a16z’s new academy wants to be the anti-college for aspiring tech founders

The town famously full of college dropouts that started companies will soon have a $42 million school for founders.

Gagan Biyani and students [Photo: The Horowitz Andreessen Academy]

BY María José Gutiérrez Chávez

For a long time, becoming a successful tech CEO seemed to be inexplicably linked to dropping out of college. Bill Gates and Steve Jobs famously did so, followed by some of today’s most........

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