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

TechCrunch AI Anthony Ha August 22, 2026
Harvard’s $699 startup bootcamp offers AI avatars of its instructors
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# Harvard's New AI Teaching Assistants Harvard Business School is testing AI avatars of its instructors in a $699 startup bootcamp, where these digital versions give feedback on your practice pitches and mock board meetings. Instead of waiting for a human instructor to review your work, students can practice repeatedly with the AI avatar and get immediate responses. It's essentially bringing personalized coaching available 24/7, though the real test will be whether an AI can spot the nuances a experienced business mentor would catch.

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

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