Great ideas rarely emerge from isolation

South Park Commons is a community of technologists ideating and validating what to build next. We believe this shouldn’t be done alone. Our members range from exited founders and highly-cited researchers to new graduates and first-time entrepreneurs. What unites us is ambition, ability, and a mutual commitment to helping each other navigate -1 to 0.

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OUR Members

A Modern Day Xerox PARC


We focus on highly technical builders in the -1 to 0. Over the last decade, we have had 1,000 members join us to start companies, pursue research, and work on other ambitious projects.

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Michael
I spent four years enlisted in the Navy, where I worked as a mechanic on F-18s. After the Navy, I attended Harvard and graduated in 2024 with a degree in physics and math. I'm now working on LLM safety and interpretability at TAPP Security.
Wenlong
Built controllers for various types of humanoid robots
Bryan
After a PhD in AI/ML, cofounded a unique fintech—Angaza—to make solar energy and smartphones radically more affordable in sub-Saharan Africa and beyond. Helped millions of households connect to electricity and internet. Now focused on AI again.
Maksim
Curious about healthcare, biotech, and prop-tech. Ex engineering manager & mobile engineer at Instacart. Volunteer at NovaUkraine.org
Justin
Justin most recently led Growth at Rockset, and worked on Google's Cloud Security team prior. He was also the Founder/CEO of Xenia Gifts. Justin graduated from UC Berkeley with degrees in Computer Science and Business Administration.
Vishal
Founder, Embedding.store • SPC Fellow • ML at Twitter, Microsoft • Singer, Songwriter
Ryan
Seasoned engineering leader: systems, data platform, MLOps, open source. Now focused on climate tech and decentralized social. Previously: NCX, Color, Quip, Google. More at https://snarfed.org/
Daniel
I'm Daniel, building SaaS for field worker employers. Previously, I worked early product & engineering roles at TikTok, Ramp, and Shop Cider. On the side, I'm a history buff and photographer :)
Will
Will is the co-founder of Syndicate Protocol, a decentralized investing platform.
Samantha
Samantha is a software engineer with previous experience in fintech & AI. She is currently working on projects in the crypto space.

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Our members have started 250+ companies, including several unicorns. Others have become core contributors to leading research organizations, open-source software projects, and academic institutions.

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