Jack Qiao
Co-Founder at Highstreet
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Summary
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Top SchoolJack Qiao is a Toronto-based co-founder and technical leader with 11 years of experience building immersive metaverse and Web3 commerce solutions. As Co-Founder of Highstreet, he leads product and engineering efforts to bring VR-driven virtual commerce to market, drawing on prior technical leadership at LumiereVR. He combines hands-on development with project leadership, shipping virtual reality experiences that intersect game-quality interaction and blockchain-enabled commerce. Jack’s background in computer science from Queen’s University underpins a pragmatic approach to system design and rapid product iteration. He brings an unusual perspective—playfully hinted at in his GitHub bio—as someone fascinated by long-horizon AI narratives, which informs his interest in emergent technology trends. Known for turning experimental XR concepts into customer-facing products, he balances visionary thinking with executional discipline.
11 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's Degree, Computer Science, Bachelor's Degree, Computer Science at Queen's University
English, Chinese
Github Skills (68)
transformers10
python10
deep-learning10
gemma10
glm10
multimodal10
audio10
transformer10
nlp10
artificial-intelligence10
natural-language-processing10
pytorch10
machine-learning-models10
machine-learning10
inference10
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
Jack000/PartKAM
Nov 2016 - Jul 2018
A browser-based 2.5D CAM tool
Contributions:2 pushes, 1 branch, 1 comment in 1 year 9 months
Jack000/Deepnest
Jul 2018 - Apr 2019
An open source nesting application for laser cutters, plasma cutters and other CNC machines
Contributions:5 pushes, 18 comments, 1 issue in 8 months
cnc-machine
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