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About the Horowitz Andreessen Academy
The Horowitz Andreessen Academy is a private, residential program in San Francisco for the world’s most ambitious young builders coming out of high school. HA Academy is 100% focused on the startup, tech, and leadership skills that students need to start their own venture or immediately join a fast-growing tech company. It’s the first elite institution built from the ground up for young builders, by the people who built Silicon Valley. a16z incubated HA Academy and is investing $35M to launch it, with Marc Andreessen and Erik Torenberg joining the board. The Academy is led by Gagan Biyani, co-founder of Udemy ($UDMY). The Academy is co-created with founding partner companies including Anduril, Anthropic, Coinbase, Google, Meta, NVIDIA, OpenAI, Palantir, Replit, and Stripe. Applications for the Founding Class, which begins Fall 2027, are open now.
Shorter version
The Horowitz Andreessen Academy is a private, residential program in San Francisco for exceptional young builders who have outgrown every institution in their life. It’s the first elite institution built from the ground up for young builders, by the people who built Silicon Valley. The Academy gives young builders the experience, network, and spark to turn their genius into a career.
