Corollary 8.5.5.6 (Existence). Let $\operatorname{\mathcal{C}}$ be an $\infty $-category. Then there exists a functor $H: \operatorname{\mathcal{C}}\rightarrow \widehat{\operatorname{\mathcal{C}}}$ which exhibits $\widehat{\operatorname{\mathcal{C}}}$ as an idempotent completion of $\operatorname{\mathcal{C}}$.
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