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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.

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.'