Harvard Business School is incorporating AI avatars into its $699 startup bootcamp to provide personalized feedback to entrepreneurs. These avatars, created by HeyGen, simulate instructors like Jeff Bussgang and offer guidance during practice pitches and board meetings. While initially envisioned as chatbots, student feedback led to a more interactive avatar experience, which participants have reportedly found beneficial, despite some finding the digital replicas "creepy." AI
IMPACT This integration demonstrates a novel application of AI in education for personalized feedback, potentially influencing how other institutions deliver training.
RANK_REASON The cluster describes the integration of AI avatars into an educational program, which is a product/tool application rather than a core AI release or research.
- Flybridge Capital Partners
- Harvard Business School
- HBS Foundry
- HeyGen
- Jeff Bussgang
- Katharina Rings
- Sarah Kessler
- AI avatars
- Harvard University
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