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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Samantha
Samantha is a software engineer with previous experience in fintech & AI. She is currently working on projects in the crypto space.
Dwight
Founder, Chairman of Board for Whisper.ai. We are a team of artificial intelligence, hearing care, hardware, and software experts coming together to solve the challenge of providing better hearing.
Praty
Co-founder @ Dashworks
Hyeonjong
Founder of Sorcerics Google AI, Android Things, Meta Competitive programming World Finalist
Pierre
Hi, I’m Pierre Ettori, a seasoned technology leader with 15+ years of experience building and scaling Cloud and SaaS products. I’ve led product and go-to-market efforts at companies like Google and Temporal, and I was the CEO and co-founder of Styra, creators of the Open Policy Agent (OPA) project. I was also part of Nicira’s journey to acquisition by VMware. As a former professional athlete turned tech leader, I bring energy, focus, and a passion for helping businesses adopt transformative technologies to build better products, faster.
Toby
CEO Beem
Gloria
Gloria is the founder and CEO of Siteline, bringing modern financial tools to the construction industry. Previously Stripe’s first PM hire, where she worked on Checkout, Dashboard, and Risk/Identity.
Nagendra
Nagendra is a technical guy, who loves building products. Earlier he worked with Facebook and lead the execution of messenger platform. Currently working on Helix - Support for Modern Teams, powered by AI, assisted by community.
Will
Will is the co-founder of Syndicate Protocol, a decentralized investing platform.
Amit
Co-founder of Luma AI, building cutting-edge tools at the intersection of computer vision and 3D content. Previously led camera and systems engineering at Apple.

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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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