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Philippe Turcotte
AI developer.
I build AI products, automation systems, and fast web applications. My best work usually sits where product judgment and technical depth have to meet.
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Selected work
A mix of public technical investigations and production work. Each project opens into a dedicated case study.
2026
Jane Street model reconstruction
Independent reverse-engineering project
Recovered the original network by solving matching and ordering as separate engineering problems.
Reconstructed a disassembled residual neural network from saved weight fragments and historical data, recovering the exact final permutation.
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2026
Jane Street Neolithic reverse engineering
Independent reverse-engineering project
Turned an opaque sparse network into something interpretable enough to attack at the right abstraction level.
Reverse-engineered a massive sparse integer neural network into an interpretable hash pipeline, reducing the problem to a preimage search.
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2026
Exotec Snakebird AI workbench
Independent game AI and simulation project
Built a competitive AI sandbox with repeatable local simulation, replay tooling, and benchmark reports.
Built a local competitive AI sandbox for a CodinGame Snakebird challenge, with custom bot families, replay tooling, and benchmarking reports.
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2026
ARC AGI agent workbench
Independent agent research project
Built an agent research loop where prediction artifacts and transitions are part of the evaluation, not hidden behind a score.
Built a modular experimentation framework for ARC-style agents, with pluggable bots, benchmark tooling, and prediction-based evaluation.
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2023 - Present
Automated podcast clip generation
Co-founder / AI Developer, Mecene.ai
Built an AI system that transforms long podcast videos into social-ready one-minute clips without manual editing.
2024
Solana NFT arbitrage engine
Blockchain Developer, Comet.xyz
Designed and optimized an automated Solana arbitrage bot for extremely latency-sensitive execution.
2024 - 2025
Tax strategy web application
Freelance Full-stack Developer
Built a web app for an accounting firm to model RRSP and TFSA contribution strategies and surface recommendations.
2025
Shopify inventory and fulfillment automation
Freelance Shopify Developer / Systems Integrator
Delivered a Shopify store and an integration layer that kept catalog, inventory, and order fulfillment aligned with a supplier.
Proof
$300K
net profit generated
From a Solana NFT arbitrage bot operating across $12M in trading volume.
<100ms
reaction speed
Achieved through globally distributed infrastructure, Redis, and low-level optimization.
10,000+
products synchronized
Automated supplier sync and fulfillment for a Shopify store with custom shipping logic.
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How I work
Note 01
Product-minded execution
I like taking ideas from rough concept to production-ready software with clear business value.
Note 02
Applied AI that ships
My recent work focuses on turning LLMs, vision models, and automation pipelines into usable products.
Note 03
Performance under constraints
I am comfortable optimizing latency, infrastructure, and system reliability when the margin for error is small.
Focus
Best fit: teams that care about both product usefulness and engineering quality, especially in AI-heavy or systems-heavy work.
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Experience
Co-founder / AI Developer
January 2023 - Present
Mecene.ai
Leading product and technical work for an AI video clipping platform, from model behavior to deployment architecture.
Full-stack Developer / Shopify Integrator
October 2024 - March 2025
Freelance
Delivered production software for local businesses, spanning custom web applications, ecommerce, automation, and systems integration.
Blockchain Developer
January 2024 - December 2024
Comet.xyz
Built low-latency trading infrastructure on Solana with strong emphasis on execution speed and operational reliability.
Education
2024 - May 2026
Master's Degree in Artificial Intelligence
Universite de Sherbrooke
GPA: 4.05 / 4.3
2018 - 2022
Bachelor's Degree in Robotics Engineering
Universite de Sherbrooke
GPA: 4.02 / 4.3
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Skills
Frontend & product
Next.js / React / TypeScript / Tailwind CSS / Shopify / GraphQL
Backend & data
Node.js / Python / Express / PostgreSQL / Supabase / SQL
AI & systems
PyTorch / OpenCV / Whisper / Docker / Linux / AWS / GCP
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Contact
If you need someone who can move between product, AI, and backend systems, let's talk.
I enjoy work where strong product thinking matters just as much as implementation quality, especially when AI features need to ship as solid products.