Caesar Zhou
Caesar Zhou is a 2B Computer Science & Finance student at the University of Waterloo, currently an AI Adoption & Deployment Engineering Intern (Forward-Deployed AI) at ecobee, and building TakeOne, an OpenAI-supported AI robot film studio that started at Hack the North 2026.
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Experience
- ecobee, AI Adoption & Deployment Engineering Intern (Forward-Deployed AI) (Sep – Dec 2026). 30+ AI tools, 15+ agents and 25+ reusable skills for finance, accounting and sales. Users save 2+ hours a day.
- Wealthy Doctor Institute, Full-Stack AI Engineer (Jun – Aug 2026). Built their agentic marketing platform end to end. 70+ clients acquired; weekly site traffic up 82%.
- Gore Mutual Insurance, Data Scientist & AI Platform Engineer (Jan – Apr 2026). RAG for underwriters: 89.5% strict accuracy on 200+ labeled questions, evaluation runtime cut 80%.
- Canadian STEM and AI Academy, Robotics & Software Developer (2025). Taught C++ robot control to FRC and VEX teams; built a firmware generator for STM32 and Arduino.
Projects
- DayCube: A Windows app that replays your day in 3D and answers from your own records.
- MarketImmune: Predicts which Hyperliquid fills a market maker will regret 10 seconds later.
- SproutPass (Visa Challenge Winner): AI companions that pass outgrown baby clothes to nearby families.
- TakeOne (Hack the North Finalist): An AI director with a robot camera crew.
- Hindsight: A backtesting engine that checks itself for look-ahead leakage.
- AgentReplay: Record, replay and diff browser agents.
- Murmur: A reliability harness for agents, replayable in CI.
- ChaosWing: Two-stage search for related prediction markets.
- AutoDump (MakeCU 3rd Overall): A trash rover that finds full bins and empties itself.
- Baymax Bot: A companion-care robot with voice and emotion vision.
- Quant Portfolio (1st Place): Portfolio optimizer that outputs share counts after fees.
- XRSZE: A computer-vision rep counter with an AI coach.
- Modular Watering (Best Hardware): A configurable plant-watering system.
Hackathons
- LA Hacks 2026: SproutPass, Visa Challenge Winner
- Hack the North 2026: TakeOne, Top-scoring finalist
- MakeCU 2025: AutoDump, 3rd Place Overall
- UofTHacks 12: Baymax Bot
- Hack the North 2024: XRSZE
- JamHacks 8: Modular Watering, Best Hardware
Education
- University of Waterloo, Computer Science & Finance (CFM), Co-op
- 1st Place, Quantitative Portfolio Management