a16z is challenging Silicon Valley’s love for drop-outs by launching a school

This academy for promising high school grads is somewhere between a trade school, Y Combinator, and Peter Thiel’s Fellowship Program.
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Published4 h ago (Tue, 22 Sep 2026 18:24:34 GMT)
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AuthorJulie Bort