Bloom Institute of Technology (YC S17) — The online coding school that invests in you
Bloom Institute of Technology is a full computer science education that's free until you get a high-paying job. We invest in our students, train them for free, and take a portion of income if they get a job above a certain threshold.
Bloom Institute of Technology is a Y Combinator company in the Summer 2017 batch. Its directory entry describes it as: The online coding school that invests in you. The founders listed are Austen Allred (Founder/CEO), Ben Nelson (Founder) (Y Combinator directory entry, April 26, 2017).
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Bloom Institute of Technology is a full computer science education that's free until you get a high-paying job.
We invest in our students, train them for free, and take a portion of income if they get a job above a certain threshold. If they never make above that threshold or don't get a job in the chosen field, they never pay us a dime.
Austen Allred
Founder/CEO
Ben Nelson
Founder
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