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Priyanka Chopra: Beauty queen, filmstar and now a tech investor too

Holberton School uses projects and group learning instead of more traditional courses, to teach software development

Priyanka Chopra
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Bollywood actor Priyanka Chopra during a promotional event of her Marathi production 'Kay Re Rascalaa' in Mumbai.

Erin Griffith | NYT
In one of her first acts as a start-up investor, the actor Priyanka Chopra recently toured the San Francisco home of her new portfolio company, a coding education company called Holberton School.

The campus resembles a WeWork more than a school, with open-plan rows of desks, decorative neon lights and meeting rooms named after famous people. The school uses projects and group learning instead of more traditional courses, to teach software development.

“You just hang out and you’re learning,” Ms. Chopra said. “It’s amazing.”

Ms. Chopra, 36, has been doing a lot of hanging out and learning in technology circles

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