Harvard’s $699 startup bootcamp has professors who never sleep–but that’s because they’re AI clones

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The newest Harvard Business School professor never sleeps, can hear the same pitch 50 times and technically isn’t an instructor at all.

The school is now putting AI versions of its faculty to work in a $699 online startup bootcamp, where aspiring founders can rehearse investor pitches, sales calls, and board meetings—all with AI clones of Harvard instructors. They can even test their pitches with an AI avatar repeatedly before a real meeting.