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Malaysia Closes Srinivasan’s Penang School, Kazakhstan Campus Planned

8/3/2026

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Malaysia ordered the shutdown of Balaji Srinivasan, former Andreessen Horowitz partner and ex-Coinbase CTO’s Network School in Penang over licensing issues.
The school operated in a hotel as a tech incubator, with attendees complaining of moldy rooms and nightlife.
Srinivasan posted on X that he is a proud Singaporean and called the WSJ report a “hit piece.”
He announced a new agreement to open a Network School campus in Kazakhstan.

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Story summary

Malaysia ordered the shutdown of Balaji Srinivasan, former Andreessen Horowitz partner and ex-Coinbase CTO’s Network School in Penang over licensing issues.
The school operated in a hotel as a tech incubator, with attendees complaining of moldy rooms and nightlife.
Srinivasan posted on X that he is a proud Singaporean and called the WSJ report a “hit piece.”
He announced a new agreement to open a Network School campus in Kazakhstan.