To fund the teaching of “forbidden courses” by people like Marc Andreessen, Palantir cofounder Joe Lonsdale and writer Bari Weiss founded a university in Texas. The university has raised over $150 million.

Big names in technology and other industries who believe that education is flawed are funding the University of Austin.

A strong and outspoken group of venture capitalists is closely entwined with the University of Austin (UATX), a new university that prides itself on promoting freedom of speech and opinion.