Harvard Business School deploys AI instructor avatars in a US$699 founder bootcamp

The eight-week HBS Foundry bootcamp combines weekly live sessions with HeyGen-generated avatars of instructors that give individual feedback during practice pitches and simulated board meetings. The programme costs US$699.

Why it matters: Avatar-based coaching is becoming a low-cost personalisation layer around live instruction, but it also raises disclosure, accuracy and instructor-consent questions.

Business/technical/strategic impact: Education providers should label synthetic instructors, store assessment data minimally, give learners escalation to a human and measure learning outcomes rather than engagement alone.