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Harvard Business School Adds HeyGen Avatars to Bootcamp

8/23/2026

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Harvard Business School added HeyGen’s AI video avatars to its $699 eight-week Foundry bootcamp.
The avatars deliver personalized feedback during practice pitches and board-room simulations.
Most participants said the avatars were useful, though some reported frozen facial expressions.
New York Times reporter Sarah Kessler pitched an AI copy of Jeff Bussgang for the bootcamp.
Bussgang called his digital double “creepy”, noting his students love it.

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Story summary

Harvard Business School added HeyGen’s AI video avatars to its $699 eight-week Foundry bootcamp.
The avatars deliver personalized feedback during practice pitches and board-room simulations.
Most participants said the avatars were useful, though some reported frozen facial expressions.
New York Times reporter Sarah Kessler pitched an AI copy of Jeff Bussgang for the bootcamp.
Bussgang called his digital double “creepy”, noting his students love it.