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AI-focused San Francisco academy plans tuition-free founding fellowship
The Horowitz Andreessen Academy is an in-person, AI-focused school being developed in San Francisco.
Venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz is investing $35 million to launch it.
The academy plans to recruit about 50 students for a tuition-free founding fellowship starting in fall 2027.
It will look for students who have already built products, businesses or technical projects, and will teach them to use AI alongside skills such as selling and public speaking.
The school says more than 50 companies have agreed to partnerships, and its founder says they would hire graduates.
The plan comes as some recent college graduates are underemployed, although government data show that workers with bachelor's degrees have higher median wages and lower unemployment than workers with only high school diplomas.
The academy says it is not rejecting traditional universities; a two-year program could begin in 2028, pending regulatory approval, with tuition similar to that of an elite private university.
The Horowitz Andreessen Academy is recruiting about 50 students for a tuition-free fellowship in San Francisco starting in fall 2027.
The academy was incubated by venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz, which is investing $35 million to launch it, according to the school.
Its founder says the program will focus on students who have built and launched projects, and on skills for creating products with AI.
The school says more than 50 companies have partnered with it and would hire academy graduates.
A two-year program is planned for 2028, pending regulatory approval, with tuition expected to be similar to that of an elite private university.
- Who
- The Horowitz Andreessen Academy, backed by Andreessen Horowitz, is recruiting about 50 students.
- What
- It plans a tuition-free Founding Class Fellowship focused on AI and product-building.
- When
- The fellowship is set to begin in fall 2027. A two-year program is planned for 2028, pending regulatory approval.
- Where
- San Francisco.
- Why
- The academy says it aims to prepare students for changing employer needs by emphasizing building products, using AI and demonstrating practical work.
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We're looking for students who have proof of work.
So proof of work is a student who has spent time during their high school career actually building things and shipping them into the world.
Before we even launched, we made partnerships with over 50 companies that are all name brands, some of the top tier companies in Silicon Valley and beyond. And they all didn't hesitate, essentially, to say that they would hire academy graduates.
The tuition-free Founding Class Fellowship is scheduled to begin.
The academy plans to offer a two-year program, pending regulatory approval.
- Founding fellowship
- About 50 students
- Location
- San Francisco
- Launch investment
- $35 million from Andreessen Horowitz, according to the school
- Company partnerships
- More than 50
- Planned two-year program
- 2028, pending regulatory approval
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