The first company to emerge from Peter Thiel's great "stop going to college and create a business" program is being led by a 20-year-old who doesn't quite fit the dropout description Thiel was going for. In fact, despite his age, Andrew Hsu has three degrees from the University of Washington and was working on his PhD in neuroscience when he left to develop the idea for his company.
That business, a social-gaming company called Airy Labs, emerged from stealth mode today with a $1.5 million investment from Thiel, Google Ventures, and Foundation Capital. The company makes social games geared at teaching kids math, reading, and science skills.
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Author: Kent Bernhard, Jr.
