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Make School

Make School is redesigning college for the 21st century. Students…

Make School is redesigning college for the 21st century. Our bachelor's degree program combines liberal arts, computer science theory, software development, and character development with an emphasis on preparing students for successful careers as software engineers, product managers, or entrepreneurs. Our alumni work at Facebook, Google, Apple, Snapchat, LinkedIn, Lyft and more. Our college is accessible to students of all backgrounds, 40% are underrepresented minority students and 50% come from low income families. Students pay tuition as a percentage of earnings once they are employed, directly aligning their incentives with ours. Make School is funded by Learn Capital, Y Combinator, Mitch Kapor, Alexis Ohanian, Tim Draper and others.

Make School
Founded:
Team Size:45
Location:San Francisco

Former Founders

Ashutosh Desai

Ashutosh Desai founded and ran Make School (YC W12), a new university in San Francisco that raised $35 million, earned regulatory approval to grant Bachelor's degrees, and placed thousands of students at top tech companies. He ran Make School for 10 years and has experience with software/product development, operations/finance, equity/debt fundraising, organizational design, and management.

Ashutosh Desai
Ashutosh Desai
Make School

Jeremy Rossmann

W12 (Make School), now Taiyaki Studios (non-YC alas)

Jeremy Rossmann
Jeremy Rossmann
Make School