42 - Free Coding School
Private school of computer programming, Tuition is free
42 - Free Coding School launched on May 18, 2016 with 8 votes, #1,852 of 3,824 launches that month. The site was still online in September 2026, 10 years on.
What it does
Xavier Niel’s new project is an ambitious coding university in Silicon Valley called 42. But the trick is that it’s nothing like other universities out there. 42 is free, doesn’t care about your SAT and wants to educate 10,000 students in 5 years. This isn’t Niel’s first try at building a coding school. 42 has been doing well in France. The French businessman started 42 in 2013, and there are alre
Disrupt 2026: OpenAI, Anthropic, Replit, and more take over 6 industry stages. 25% off tickets now Xavier Niel’s new project is an ambitious coding university in Silicon Valley called 42 . But the trick is that it’s nothing like other universities out there. 42 is free, doesn’t care about your SAT and wants to educate 10,000 students within the next 5 years. This isn’t Niel’s first try at building a coding school. 42 has been doing well in France. The French businessman started 42 in 2013 , and there are already 2,500 students learning to code right now in Paris. But what makes 42 different? First, it’s free. Niel is investing $100 million in the U.S. to create a new school. And it starts…from techcrunch.com
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