The Gagan Biyani LinkedIn Playbook
90k followers · Oakland, California, United States · 2026 Snapshot
Known for
Gagan Biyani is known for betting on human expertise. He co-founded Udemy, built Maven into the home for live courses taught by top operators, and in 2026 launched The Horowitz Andreessen Academy - a San Francisco school built on the bet that AI makes great teachers more valuable, not obsolete. Three education companies in, he posts like a founder who has seen every edtech promise up close and kept the receipts.
What they write about
| Pillar | Share |
|---|---|
| AI Commentary | 18% |
| Launch / Milestone | 17% |
| Career Advice | 15% |
| Education Commentary | 14% |
| Management / Hiring | 12% |
| Creator Economy | 11% |
| Personal Story | 11% |
Top 5 posts
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1. “The dirty little secret of edtech: the biggest names don’t actually care if you learn anything.”
3,634 likes · 494 comments
View on LinkedIn →2. “Guess its time to update the good ol' LinkedIn”
1,874 likes · 150 comments
View on LinkedIn →3. “Today, we’re launching an ambitious new school called The Horowitz Andreessen Academy. Based in San Francisco, The Academy serves the most promising young high school graduates.”
1,505 likes · 230 comments
View on LinkedIn →4. “A junior employee really screwed up last week. He signed a $22k contract with his own signature. No approval, no redlines. Just signed it and sent accounting an invoice. LOL.”
1,502 likes · 109 comments
View on LinkedIn →5. “People have asked me how I feel about Udemy’s sale to Coursera. Honestly, I’m kinda pissed about it (Part 1 of 2):”
1,467 likes · 107 comments
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What they do well
- Announces instead of opining. Launch and milestone posts are his best-performing pillar - 618 average engagement against a feed-wide 381 - and the biggest bucket in his top posts (22%), because he launches things nobody else can: a new school, a CEO handoff, 100k enrollments.
- Hooks with a number that demands an explanation. 38% of his top posts open with a specific figure - "a $22k contract," "$790M ARR," "150 practitioners have made over $100K" - the stat does the stopping, then the story does the rest.
- Tells on himself. His personal stories average 484 engagement, 27% above his feed-wide mean - and admitting he's "kinda pissed" about Udemy's sale to Coursera earned 1,467 likes, his #5 post of the year.
- Wins on yield, not volume. He posts just 1.6 times a week, a fraction of the usual creator grind, yet his top posts clear a 6x gap over the rest (1,042 vs 174 average engagement) and pull 108 comments apiece.