LaunchEducationAugust 22, 2026

Harvard's $699 startup bootcamp uses AI avatars for feedback

HBS Foundry, an eight-week, $699 bootcamp, uses HeyGen-created AI avatars to give feedback during practice pitches and board meetings. NYT reporter Sarah Kessler tested it, pitching to an AI copy of Jeff Bussgang, who called his digital version "creepy" but said "My students love it."

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