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Zero is a Toronto education company Navid Nathoo launched in 2026 as an alternative to university. Instead of lectures it runs immersive scenarios built from real jobs, with curricula reverse-engineered from what hiring managers screen for, and it matches people to roles when they are ready.

EdTechTorontoFounded 2026zero.university
2026the year Nathoo launched Zero, after holding the launch back about six monthsNavid Nathoo's launch post on X
4career tracks at launch: software engineering, AI and data science, business management, productzero.university, checked 2026-08-30

The people

What they build

ZeroApp-based programme of job-derived scenarios; beta members get a guaranteed interview.Product page ↗

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About

Navid Nathoo's argument for Zero is a complaint about the four-year degree: graduates leave with debt and are still not ready to do the job. Zero replaces the lecture with immersive scenarios drawn from real work, using the tools and workflows modern teams actually use, and builds each curriculum backwards from what hiring managers screen for. The tracks it names are software engineering, AI and data science, business management, and product — applied AI engineer, backend and full-stack developer, machine learning engineer, data scientist, product manager, consultant, chief of staff. Beta members are promised a guaranteed interview. Nathoo says he held the launch back six months rather than ship something merely good. He co-founded The Knowledge Society, the accelerator for 13-to-17-year-olds, with his brother Nadeem, and earlier built the cloud-security company Airpost and sold it to Box.

Backers

No outside investment is on the public record.

Some figures are founder-stated, not independently confirmed

Quick answers

What is Zero?

An alternative to university, launched by Navid Nathoo in 2026. People learn through immersive scenarios based on real jobs, using the workflows working teams use, and are matched to roles when they are ready.

Who founded Zero?

Navid Nathoo, who co-founded The Knowledge Society with his brother Nadeem and earlier sold the cloud-security company Airpost to Box.

What can you study at Zero?

Four tracks at launch — software engineering, AI and data science, business management, and product — each mapped to named roles such as applied AI engineer, data scientist, product manager and chief of staff.

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