Shuo Zhao

Shuo Zhao is a senior machine learning manager leading the Predicted Winners team at Wayfair. His team develop machine learning capabilities to tackle cold start challenges.

Wayfair Tech Blog

How Wayfair uses “Predicted Winners” Models to Accelerate Success for New Products

Wayfair works with over 25,000 suppliers to sell more than 30 million products in a variety of styles from classic to contemporary at compelling price points. In order to create a frictionless shopping experience, we need to enable customers to explore our massive catalog efficiently, and find the right products that help them create their unique sense of home.

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Data Scientists can group products with similar materials to enable 3D artists

Wayfair Tech Blog

Machine learning to aid 3D modeling at Wayfair

High-quality lifestyle imagery is core to Wayfair’s ability to merchandise its catalog effectively and help customers shop confidently. Creating lifestyle images through 3D models enables rapid production of product visual merchandising at scale, drives simultaneous reduction in cost and speed to produce imagery, and unlocks new ways (e.g. AR, VR) for customers to engage with products. Early tests show 3D-generated images can provide high quality visual detail of our products and increase conversion rates for flagship brands (main products in Wayfair’s portfolio and to which customers most relate or identify Wayfair). Therefore, producing 3D models quickly and accurately is key to further reducing 3D imagery costs and driving revenue. In this blog, we will introduce how machine learning is utilized to aid 3D modeling at Wayfair.

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