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Harvard’s $699 startup bootcamp offers AI avatars of its instructors
TechCrunchSaturday, August 22, 2026 at 9:46 PM
RedScroll Brief
In the HBS Foundry program, AI avatars provide feedback during practice pitches and board meetings.
RedScroll Signal
- Impact
- High
- Category
- Technology
- Market relevance
- Moderate
- Why it matters
- Technology shifts change how people work, communicate, and build — often faster than policy can follow. In the HBS Foundry program, AI avatars provide feedback during practice pitches and board meetings. Secondary effects may show up in markets and supply chains linked to Harvard and Technology.
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What happened
In the HBS Foundry program, AI avatars provide feedback during practice pitches and board meetings.
Why it matters
Technology shifts change how people work, communicate, and build — often faster than policy can follow.
Background
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Timeline
TechCrunch published: Harvard’s $699 startup bootcamp offers AI avatars of its instructors
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Economic impact
Secondary effects may show up in markets and supply chains linked to Harvard and Technology.
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