a16z launches Horowitz Andreessen Academy in SF to teach students to build in the AI era
floguo · x · 2026-09-23
Gagan Biyani announced The Horowitz Andreessen Academy, a new school in San Francisco aimed at top high school graduates, positioning it as an elite institution that prepares students for the future.
- Core thesis: building is the most important skill in the AI era; students learn primarily through their own individual or group projects
- Supplemented by classes and guest lectures from people who built modern Silicon Valley
- The Academy is designed as a network; designer soleio will teach a new design philosophy course on luck there this fall
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