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Today, we’re launching an ambitious new school called The Horowitz Andreessen Academy. Based in San Francisco, The Academy serves the most promising young high school graduates. We think this can be an elite institution that attracts top tier talent. One that prepares students for the future rather than remaining stuck in the past. The #1 goal is to help students learn to build, which is the most important skill in the AI era. They'll learn primarily by pursuing their own projects, either individually or in groups. There are classes and guest lectures, too, from some truly amazing people who have built modern-day Silicon Valley. The Academy is designed as a network, since that’s the reason students go to school in the first place. Core to that network are our 10 Founding Partners: Anduril, Anthropic, Coinbase, Google, Meta, NVIDIA, OpenAI, Palantir, Replit, and Stripe. The network includes over 50 hiring partners and over 200 speakers and mentors. To join as a hiring partner or faculty member, you can apply on our website. We raised $42M in funding led by @a16z. I'll be CEO and @pmarca and @eriktorenberg will join me on the board. Applications are open for our Founding Class Fellowship, which will be one year and tuition-free. Eventually, pending regulatory approval, we plan to offer a two-year program that charges tuition, similar in cost to an elite private university. We're looking for the most unusually ambitious young builders on the planet. Come join us in San Francisco: theacademysf.com/

Oakland has recently become a national laughingstock due to our failed policies, brazen crime and alleged corruption. We, the voters, can change this. Today we launch Empower Oakland 2.0: a GrowSF-style voter education organization in Oakland. Over the past few months, I've spent my nights and weekends meeting with city officials, former/future mayors, current staffers in city hall, and community leaders. My goal has been to understand wtf is going on and to find a path forward. Along the way, I met Loren Taylor, a 3rd generation Oakland resident who started Empower Oakland and already had great success in their last election. This election is critical. There are 5 city council positions (out of 8) on the ballot. Two recalls. The city attorney and county supervisor positions. The entire city government could change in November (usually it takes 4-6 years!). We believe this opportunity is going to help set the foundation for the next decade. So we're going to help commonsense, effective and experienced candidates win their races. The main way we will do this is through voter education. Voters do not respond to last-minute political advertising that has no context or brand behind it. Instead, we are going to build a brand voters can trust and then share useful information with them each week through our newsletter. We're going to spend time in the community, talk with the police, and then report back on what we learn. We'll do deep dives on city hall so you can know what's going on and where we stand. Then, closer to the election, we'll ask candidates to answer questionnaires to share their positions on critical issues. That will be compiled into a voter guide where we will share which candidates we believe can be most effective. Ways to get involved: 1. Subscribe to our newsletter and share it widely! 2. Donate $500, $1,000, $5,000. We will be run by volunteers, so your money will go directly to campaigning for commonsense politicians through our voter guide. 3. Volunteer. DM me if you're interested, especially if you have digital marketing or web design/development experience. Links below :)

We’ve been stealthily testing a FREE new product, and today is launch day! 🚀 ⚡️ Introducing Lightning Lessons on Maven: 30 min expert-led deep dives on today’s most relevant topics. The world changes fast. Social media gives you quick insights into "what" is changing but you can't learn "how" to use it in 280 characters. Lightning Lessons go deeper: learn about today's most interesting insights and innovations directly from operators on the cutting edge. Imagine if you could learn from... 🤖 Siqi Chen, founder of Runway, on “Practical AI Prompt Engineering with No Code” ❤️ Julie Zhuo, author of Making of a Manager, explaining “How to Give Feedback” 🤑 Sahil Lavingia, founder of Gumroad, teaching “How to Get a Remote Job that Pays $200/hr” 📈 Amanda Natividad, VP Marketing at SparkToro, sharing “The Art of Zero-Click Content” The world’s top tech and business experts already teach in-depth courses on Maven. Now they also offer shorter, 30-min Lightning Lessons. Absolutely free. We're launching with 40 incredible lessons across AI, design, product, engineering, and business. Check out Lightning Lessons at bit.ly/4b9c1LQ

👋@MavenHQ is looking for a senior design contractor! You’ll - Design to improve Maven’s marketplace - Collaborate with teammates & leadership - Help build the university of the future 3-month contract starting in Jan 2023. Interested? Shoot me a DM.