ZENO CEO Leo Cheng: From International Fintech to AI × Prediction Markets, Building the Next Generation of Intelligent Ecosystems

Former OCBC, IBM, and PwC fintech executive Leo Cheng is leading ZENO in exploring new opportunities in AI and global prediction markets. From traditional finance and enterprise blockchain to artificial intelligence, ZENO Co-Founder and CEO Leo Cheng is working to integrate prediction markets, human intelligence data, and AI technologies to explore the next generation of decentralized Super Apps.

As the convergence of artificial intelligence and global prediction markets continues to attract attention, Zeno Labs Inc., through its AIZENO ecosystem, is developing AI-powered prediction market aggregation, intelligent analytics, and a human data contribution network.

Behind this development strategy is Leo Cheng, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of ZENO, who brings over 20 years of experience in fintech, artificial intelligence, blockchain, and enterprise digital transformation.

Having previously worked at OCBC Bank, IBM, and PwC, Leo Cheng’s career spans traditional banking, international technology companies, and professional consulting. Today, he is applying his extensive fintech experience to ZENO, with the goal of advancing the integration of artificial intelligence, prediction markets, and Web3 applications.

His professional experience across three major international institutions has given Leo a comprehensive understanding of financial infrastructure, artificial intelligence, digital assets, and enterprise technology applications. Leo Cheng stated: “Over the past 20 years, I have witnessed the rapid development of traditional finance, the internet, blockchain, and now artificial intelligence. But I have always believed that what truly makes technology capable of changing the world is not just how advanced it is, but whether it can be made accessible to more everyday users.” This philosophy also became a key motivation behind his decision to establish ZENO.

Optimistic About Prediction Markets: An Important Gateway to the Next Generation of the Global Digital Economy

In Leo Cheng’s view, prediction markets will become one of the important development directions for the Web3 industry in the future. Unlike traditional crypto asset trading, prediction markets cover multiple sectors, including cryptocurrencies, sports, economics, technology, and major global events, allowing users to express their judgments about future events and observe different participants’ expectations through market prices.

Leo compares the current stage of prediction market development to the rapid growth of cryptocurrency trading platforms around 2017. He believes that as more users participate in prediction activities, new opportunities will emerge in user experience, data services, and trading infrastructure across global prediction markets. “In 2017, we witnessed the growth wave of cryptocurrency exchanges. Today, I believe prediction markets may also be entering an important stage of development.” Leo further stated: “The potential user base of prediction markets extends beyond cryptocurrency investors. Almost everyone makes predictions about the future, whether it’s Bitcoin prices, sports competitions, or the development of artificial intelligence. This gives prediction markets the opportunity to attract a much broader global audience.”

He believes that, in the long term, prediction markets have the potential to become an industry with annual trading volume reaching the trillion-dollar level. However, this projection still depends on market adoption, liquidity, the regulatory environment, and the development of industry infrastructure.

ZENO MARKET: Building a Differentiated Platform Through Aggregation, AI, and Social Features

Faced with the rapidly developing prediction market industry, Leo Cheng did not choose to simply replicate existing prediction trading platforms.

Instead, he aims to address long-standing challenges within the industry, including market fragmentation, complex analytical tools, and insufficient social experiences.

To achieve this, ZENO MARKET has established a clear product strategy: Aggregation × AI × Social.

ZENO MARKET is positioned as an AI-powered global social prediction market aggregator, aiming to connect leading prediction markets such as Polymarket and Predict.fun while integrating prediction events, market data, intelligent analytics, and social interaction experiences.

Through a unified gateway, users can more conveniently explore prediction markets, analyze event information, study trader performance, and participate in community interactions. Leo Cheng stated: “Our goal is not to build another Polymarket, but to create a unified gateway that connects different prediction markets, artificial intelligence, and social networks.”

“For an industry to truly achieve mass adoption, the user experience must become simpler.”

From Artificial Intelligence to SI: Enabling Real Human Intelligence to Contribute to the Next Generation of AI

Beyond prediction market aggregation, Leo Cheng has also developed his own perspective on the long-term evolution of artificial intelligence.

He believes that the development of next-generation AI systems requires not only high-quality internet data but also further exploration of the value of real human judgment and prediction behavior. This concept forms the foundation of ZENO’s long-term research vision for SI (Super Intelligence).

Data × Human Intelligence × AI.

Leo believes that user behavior in prediction markets can reflect how different participants interpret information, make judgments about the future, and adjust their expectations as market conditions change. With appropriate authorization, quality validation, and structured processing, these signals have the potential to become research resources for AI model training, evaluation, and optimization.

To support this direction, ZENO is planning an ecosystem consisting of four core modules:

ZENO MARKET: A global prediction market aggregation and social prediction gateway.

ZENO AI: AI-powered intelligent analytics, trader research, and future AI Agent services.

ZENO SIGNAL: A network for real human prediction behavior and meaningful data contributions.

ZENO TRADE: AI-powered trading strategies, prediction market liquidity, and intelligent trading services.

Leo Cheng stated:

“I’ve always been thinking about one question: Does truly powerful AI in the future need to rely only on internet data?”

“I believe the predictions people make about the future every day are themselves valuable intelligence signals worth studying. Through ZENO, we hope to explore how this real human intelligence can help AI continuously learn and improve.”

SI remains part of ZENO’s long-term research and development vision, rather than an already achieved superintelligence technology.

Beyond Prediction Markets: Building the Next Generation of AI-Powered Decentralized Super Apps

In Leo Cheng’s long-term strategy, prediction markets are only the first step in ZENO’s development. He hopes to establish a global user base through ZENO MARKET, then use ZENO AI to create greater demand for intelligent services, ultimately developing a complete AI-powered decentralized Super App.

Under this plan, the future ZENO SUPER APP will gradually explore the integration of:

ZENO WALLET — Decentralized wallets and digital asset management.

ZENO PAY — Stablecoin payments and global digital payment services.

ZENO EARN — DeFi and digital asset management applications.

ZENO AI AGENT — AI-powered market analysis, intelligent task assistance, and authorized automation services.

ZENO TRADE — AI-powered intelligent trading and liquidity services.

Leo Cheng believes that a successful Super App must be built on real user demand, rather than launching a large number of independent features from the beginning. “We hope to first establish a user base through prediction markets, then create real value through AI, and ultimately integrate different Web3 services into a single application ecosystem.”

ZENO summarizes this development strategy as:

Prediction Markets Bring Users.

AI Creates Value.

Super App Connects Everything.

From Asia to the World: Building a Sustainable AI Technology Ecosystem

In terms of its global strategy, ZENO has established a clear long-term development direction.

The company aims to start from the Asian market and gradually expand its international user base, product capabilities, and ecosystem partnership network, working toward its strategic goal of becoming Asia’s No. 1 and one of the world’s top three AI prediction market platforms.

ZENO has also set long-term business targets of 1 million active users and $100 million in daily trading volume, while seeking to explore sustainable revenue models through AI services, platform applications, and diversified digital financial services.

At the same time, ZENO has actively participated in TOKEN2049 Singapore, EDCON 2026, and artificial intelligence-related industry events, strengthening its engagement with the global Web3, AI, and fintech ecosystems. Leo Cheng stated:

“Truly outstanding technology companies should not rely solely on ambitious concepts. They should prove their value through products, real users, and sustainable business models.”

“We hope ZENO will not simply participate in the growth of AI and prediction markets, but become an important force driving innovation in this field.”

Leo Cheng: Our Journey Has Just Begun

When it comes to ZENO’s future, Leo Cheng consistently emphasizes the importance of long-term development.

In his view, the convergence of artificial intelligence, prediction markets, and decentralized technologies could become an important direction for the future digital economy. ZENO’s mission is to gradually transform these technologies from relatively complex professional fields into intelligent services that everyday users can access. “For me, ZENO is more than just a startup. It represents the culmination of over 20 years of experience across finance, technology, AI, and blockchain, brought together into a long-term venture.”

“We still have a lot of work ahead of us, but I believe that as long as we continue building products that deliver real value, we will have the opportunity to enable more people to participate in the development of the next generation of intelligent ecosystems.”

About ZENO Labs

Zeno Labs Inc. is a technology company registered in California, United States, focusing on innovation in artificial intelligence, prediction markets, blockchain, and next-generation digital financial technology.

Its AIZENO ecosystem is built around ZENO MARKET, ZENO AI, ZENO SIGNAL, and ZENO TRADE, exploring global prediction market aggregation, artificial intelligence analytics, human intelligence data contributions, and intelligent trading applications, with a long-term vision of building an AI-powered decentralized Super App.