As this story reports, "Venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz is launching a school called The Horowitz Andreessen Academy aimed at aspiring founders who have just graduated high school and have not yet attended college." I like this description: " this is like if Y Combinator (the most famed startup school) and Peter Thiel's Fellowship Program (a famed program for young people who opt to build companies instead of attend college) had a baby." They've raised $42 million to fund it and are starting with a cohort of 50 students wealthy enough to pay elite-level tuition and looking for an inside track to connections and job opportunities. See also: the a16z newsletter announcement.
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