AI ‘College dropout’ has become the most coveted startup founder credential Published 2 weeks ago on January 1, 2026 By Techcrunch [ad_1] Although iconic founders like Steve Jobs, Bill Gates, and Mark Zuckerberg famously didn’t finish college, multiple studies show that the vast majority of successful startups had founders with bachelor’s or graduate degrees. [ad_2] Source link Related Topics:dropoutuniversityYCombinator Up Next Apple Health is more powerful than you think, here are my top tips Don't Miss Tech giants gear up for AI, chips and hardware push in 2026 Continue Reading You may like These 20- and 22-year-olds raised $5M from YC, General Catalyst to study online behavior using vision AI Benchmark in talks to lead Series A for Greptile, valuing AI-code reviewer at $180M, sources say
