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Harvard’s $699 startup bootcamp offers AI avatars of its instructors

In the HBS Foundry program, AI avatars provide feedback during practice pitches and board meetings.

Harvard’s $699 startup bootcamp offers AI avatars of its instructors

TL;DR

  • Harvard Business School's HBS Foundry bootcamp utilizes AI avatars for feedback.
  • The avatars are created by the startup HeyGen and are part of an eight-week, $699 program.
  • AI avatars provide feedback on practice pitches and board meetings, while instructors lead live sessions.
  • Participants in the Foundry program reportedly appreciate the AI feedback, contrasting with some general student negativity towards AI.
  • One instructor noted his digital copy is 'creepy' but confirmed that students 'love it.'

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