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

Harvard Business School has introduced a startup bootcamp costing $699 that utilizes AI avatars of its faculty to act as coaches. These AI clones provide personalized feedback to founders, who have reportedly responded positively to the technology. The program integrates generative AI to scale the expertise of instructors, allowing the university to offer coaching and guidance to a larger number of participants than traditional faculty-led sessions would allow.

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  • ✓ Harvard is selling a startup bootcamp for $699.
  • ✓ The course uses AI clones or avatars of faculty members to coach participants.
  • ✓ The AI avatars provide personalized feedback to startup founders.
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Harvard Business School deployed AI avatars as startup coaches in a paid bootcamp.

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  1. Harvard Business School launches $699 startup bootcamp using AI faculty clones

    Harvard Business School has introduced a startup bootcamp costing $699 that utilizes AI avatars of its faculty to act as coaches. These AI clones provide personalized feedback to founders, who have reportedly responded positively to the technology. The program integrates generative AI to scale the expertise of instructors, allowing the university to offer coaching and guidance to a larger number of participants than traditional faculty-led sessions would allow.

    Why it matters

    The move represents a shift toward using synthetic media to deliver professional education. By cloning professors, the university attempts to automate high-level mentorship for entrepreneurs.

    What is confirmed

    • Harvard is selling a startup bootcamp for $699.
    • The course uses AI clones or avatars of faculty members to coach participants.
    • The AI avatars provide personalized feedback to startup founders.

    Still unconfirmed

    • Founders love the use of cloned professors for coaching.
    • The New York Times reported the opening of the program on the 22nd.

    What to watch next

    • Student or faculty reactions to the quality of AI-generated feedback
    • Expansion of AI faculty clones to other Harvard Business School courses
    Sources used for this update (8)
    1. The New York Times — Harvard Is Selling a $699 Course Taught by A.I. Clones of Its Faculty
    2. TechCrunch — Harvard’s $699 startup bootcamp offers AI avatars of its instructors
    3. Poets&Quants — At Harvard Business School, 'We Forge The Best Tool There Is, The One On Top Of Your Neck'
    4. The Tech Buzz — Harvard's $699 bootcamp deploys AI avatars as startup coaches
    5. 매일경제 — The New York Times reported on the 22nd (local time) that the Harvard Business School (HBS) has open..
    6. CryptoRank — Harvard’s $699 Startup Bootcamp Uses AI Avatars for Personalized Feedback
    7. inc.com — Harvard Cloned Professors to Coach Startups. Founders Love It
    8. Startup Fortune — Harvard Built AI Clones of Its Professors for a $699 Startup Bootcamp
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