Gagan Biyani

American businessman

  1. I just really want to see a world in which it's okay if you want to go on a side quest and go do something that's kind of oddball, but also might end up being super amazing if it works out.
    Gagan Biyani · The a16z Show · Amjad Masad on Rethinking College for the AI Era · 2026-09-23
  2. One of the core tenets of the Academy sidesteps this problem entirely. We don't care if you graduate or not. We don't have grades, we don't have tests.
    Gagan Biyani · The a16z Show · Amjad Masad on Rethinking College for the AI Era · 2026-09-23
  3. The percent likelihood that that $50,000 will land in your bank account is somewhere in the 20 to 50% range after they've committed verbally... In Silicon Valley, uh, I think it's probably 75 to 100%.
    Gagan Biyani · The a16z Show · Amjad Masad on Rethinking College for the AI Era · 2026-09-23