Selected work
CampusQ
Random video calls with verified Wilfrid Laurier students. Open Thursday nights, with a @mylaurier.ca account required to get in.
- Sign-ups
- 160+
- Case competition
- Won $500
Michael Jacobs
Maui, Hawaii · 2024
About
I'm interested in technology and finance. I also just like solving people's problems.
Selected work
QueensCrush
Privately show interest in someone you already know at Queen's. It's only revealed if they feel the same way.
- Status
- Incoming
- The idea
- A new way to date
Selected work
EasySem
Reads your syllabi and keeps every deadline, grade and class on one page. It also shows what you need on the rest of a course to hit your target grade.
- Status
- Live
- Role
- CEO
Experience
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Incoming · Winter 2027 AI Engineer RBC Capital MarketsJoining the capital markets arm of Canada's biggest bank to build AI.
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Jun–Aug 2026 Data Analyst Ben-Gurion University CanadaTurned raw donor databases into reports on hundreds of thousands of dollars in donations.
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Jun–Aug 2025 Strategy Consultant ASTROFFCo-directed the pitch that helped make ASTROFF one of five finalists in its tech accelerator cohort.
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2021–2023 Chess Streamer Twitch · Self-employedStarted streaming chess in lockdown and got raided by Pokimane, GMHikaru and BotezLive. Then signed with Chess.com, landed on its homepage and drew 1,500+ live viewers.