Andreessen Horowitz academy skips degrees for AI co-ops with Palantir, Google, Meta
andreessen horowitz launches academy with no homework, partners with tech giants, offers $50k+ in compute credits and $5k travel budget for 50 students.
andreessen horowitz is launching the horowitz andreessen academy, a one-year program that trades traditional degrees and homework for stints at tech companies. the academy has partnered with 10 tech giants, including anduril, anthropic, coinbase, google, meta, nvidia, openai, palantir, replit, and stripe, and has secured $42 million in funding led by a16z. 50 students will be accepted for the first cohort in fall 2027, who will attend short classes led by tech figureheads like openai ceo sam altman and work on co-ops at tech companies. students will receive over $50,000 in compute credits and a $5,000 travel and research budget. this initiative reflects silicon valley's billionaires' efforts to innovate education and talent development.