Harvard puts AI avatars in a $699 bootcamp

Harvard Business School is using HeyGen AI avatars inside its eight-week, $699 HBS Foundry bootcamp to give entrepreneurs feedback on practice pitches and board meetings, while live instructors still lead weekly sessions, according to TechCrunch’s report. The trial turns a faculty member’s likeness into a repeatable practice layer rather than a replacement for teaching. Builders selling expert training should watch the price point and the boundary between guided simulation and human judgment, alongside the site’s analysis of agents moving into knowledge work.