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Morning Edition · Monday, August 24, 2026Published at 3:20 AM EDT · New York
Harvard Business School Is Selling a $699 Bootcamp Taught by AI Replicas of Its Faculty
The eight-week HBS Foundry program uses avatars built by HeyGen to hear pitches and run mock board meetings, and has been piloted at more than 100 universities since April.
Harvard Business School has built AI avatars of its faculty for HBS Foundry, an eight-week online entrepreneurship program priced at $699, TechCrunch reported. Founders use the replicas to practise investor pitches, sales conversations and…
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