{
  "id": 9193784,
  "title": "‘We believe in college’: inside Andreessen Horowitz’s $42m unaccredited academy that will charge Harvard prices without degrees",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/22/we-believe-in-college-inside-andreessen-horowitzs-42m-unaccredited",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-09-22T20:11:25.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Fortune",
    "slug": "fortune",
    "url": "https://fortune.com/2026/09/22/a16z-horowitz-andreessen-academy-college-alternative-tuition-biyani/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Andreessen Horowitz, the venture capital firm, has launched an unaccredited, tuition-free academy in San Francisco aimed at educating elite high school students. The $42 million program, led by Gagan Biyani, will not award degrees, offer federal student aid, or guarantee jobs but will provide students with $50,000 in compute credits and a $5,000 travel budget. The academy will offer courses taught by industry leaders and mentors, and students will spend time in on-campus sessions, travel abroad, and internships at partner companies. The program aims to attract pre-idea founders and is marketed to students who believe in their own ideas rather than those who have already started a company. Experts are skeptical about the academy's long-term prospects, suggesting it may work for the initial cohort but unlikely to scale.",
  "summary": "Gagan Biyani talked to Fortune about the academy that won't charge tuition for its first class. \"We will see over time how students will finance this.\"",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}