Venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz has launched a new school, The Horowitz Andreessen Academy, targeting high school graduates who have not yet attended college and aspire to become founders. The academy, located in San Francisco, is currently accepting applications for its first year.
The initial one-year program will be tuition-free and aims to enrol approximately 50 students, selected based on their prior work. Students will engage in hands-on coursework covering topics from AI research and models to life philosophy, and will also work on personal projects. The academy's main offering is access to mentors who are prominent figures in the tech industry.
The Horowitz Andreessen Academy is not an accredited school, meaning participants will not earn a degree or transferable college credits. For 2028, the academy, which is a for-profit venture that has raised $42 million, plans to introduce a two-year program and charge tuition comparable to an elite private university. At this point, students are expected to gain access to 200 speakers and mentors, including individuals from ten founding corporate partners such as Anduril, Anthropic, Coinbase, Google, Meta, NVIDIA, OpenAI, Palantir, Replit, and Stripe.