Replit CEO Amjad Masad on what young people should learn in the AI era
a16z · youtube · 2026-09-23
On the a16z podcast, Replit CEO Amjad Masad and Gagan Biyani discuss education for a generation growing up with AI. Masad argues young people's greatest asset is questioning deeply held assumptions, advocates project-based learning over grade optimization, warns that founding companies too early can be 'premature optimization,' and reflects on trust, judgment, and balancing contrarian ambition with collaboration.
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