Simon Ryu

AI Engineer based in Toronto. Background in engineering physics. I work across vision, agents, and production systems.

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Telegram AI Companion

Telegram AI Companion

A human-like AI companion living natively on Telegram. Aki features proactive messaging, multi-bubble delivery, long-term PostgreSQL memory, and a custom built-in React Mini App to track your relationship.

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@AkiTheBot

Aki is live and processing real-time conversations! Experience human-like cadence, native reactions, and a persistent memory that builds over time.

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Deep Research Agent

Deep Research Agent

An autonomous research agent built with LangGraph and Tavily that explores and synthesizes information.

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Latent Video Diffusion

Latent Video Diffusion

A high-performance latent video diffusion transformer implementation written in JAX.

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AI Golf Swing Analysis

AI Golf Swing Analysis

Computer vision based analysis of golf swings to provide real-time coaching feedback.

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Augmented Reality Menu

Augmented Reality Menu

Interactive augmented reality menu for restaurants using spatial computing concepts.

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Self-Driving and CNN

Self-Driving and CNN

Real-time object detection and tracking system using CNNs for vehicle navigation.

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·9 min read

Part 3: Performance Architecture

This is the third post in the engineering series over Aki, my AI companion bot. Part 1 covered the Telegram interface and the Mini App design. Part 2 broke dow...

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Part 2: Conversational AI Agent Techniques

Building a conversational AI agent isn't structurally difficult—you take a user's text, send it to an API, and return the response. But building one that actua...

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Part 1: Building a Human-Like AI Companion on Telegram

I started this project after hearing about [OpenClaw](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw)—an open-source AI assistant that runs autonomously and connects dir...

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Technical Reflections: Deep Research with LangGraph and Tavily

This document outlines technical reflections on building deep research agents using LangGraph and the Tavily API. Rather than focusing on a specific final arch...

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