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Silicon Valley VC backs 2-year education institute as alternative to college, with big tech partners
Andreessen Horowitz will invest $35 million in Horowitz Andersen Academy, a two-year education institute planned for San Francisco, the Wall Street Journal reported. The unaccredited program targets students aged 16 to 22 and will be run by an independent entity led by Udemy co-founder Gagan Biyani. Anthropic, Google, Meta Platforms, Nvidia and OpenAI will join as founding partners, providing software, computing resources and office space for classes.
Industry
Kim Bong-jin says Tada incident left psychological barrier to innovation, calls for startup regulatory reform
Kim Bong-jin, founding chair of the Korea Startup Forum and founder of Baemin, said the Tada incident left entrepreneurs with a psychological barrier to building innovative services. Former and current forum chairs, marking the group’s 10th anniversary, called for improvements to the startup regulatory environment, including a shift to negative regulation and the creation of a fair, open market for competition. They also urged continued dialogue with government and parliament to improve systems.
AI & Enterprise
OpenAI expands cooperation with South Korean government, attention on executives\' ties to Korea
OpenAI is strengthening support for South Korea and has selected the Ministry of Science and ICT as a partner for its Government and Trusted Access (GTAC) programme, with KISA handling operations. Participants receive access to OpenAI’s latest cybersecurity model, GPT-5.5 Cyber. The article also notes observations that Korea-linked executives, including Jason Kwon and Greg Brockman, and the build-out of OpenAI Korea’s external affairs and communications team are connected to the company’s moves.
