Ben Horowitz explains why a16z is building a new school for the AI era
a16z Podcast · rss · 2026-09-22
Ben Horowitz and Erik Torenberg join Gagan Biyani to explain the philosophy behind the Horowitz Andreessen Academy.
- Learning should focus on doing, not studying about doing: real projects, people skills, working alongside SF companies
- Not a college replacement, but a different path for young people who already know they want to build
- AI makes being young unusually powerful; project-based learning changes when everyone has powerful tools
- Failure is valuable when it produces real learning; judgment and people skills can't come from textbooks
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