# 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.

- Published: 2026-08-24T07:20:23.472Z
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- Sources: [Polylog editors](https://polylog.news), [TechCrunch](https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/22/harvards-699-startup-bootcamp-offers-ai-avatars-of-its-instructors/), [Inc.](https://www.inc.com/kevin-haynes/harvard-cloned-professors-to-coach-startups-founders-love-it/91395040), [arXiv cs.CL](https://arxiv.org/abs/2608.20344)

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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