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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Thomas
Previously was at Ramp, ready to build!
Alex
Product, prototyping, and R+D—I've done software, hardware, faceware, computer vision, always aimed at making people's interactions with computation as direct and physical as possible. I have many hot takes, which I'll share with the vaguest provocation.
Yaser
Yaser built professional dashboard on Instagram and now exploring problems in AI and Healthcare
William
Founder & CEO of Mori - building in the era of digital history.
Sean
An engineer with a background in robotics and AI. Recently led scenario generation efforts for simulation at Zoox (Autonomous Vehicles). Previously started a govtech company working in criminal justice. Interested in exploring new domains and starting something new.
Michael
Former startup CTO, first technical hire through Series B at NCX. Interested in: LLM interfaces, evolution of Vertical SaaS, forestry, remote sensing. holkesvik.com
Perla
Senior SWE interested in fintech, AI and devOps. Currently, diving deep into a few venture-scale idea. Have a co-founder but would love to meet strong individuals to add to our founding team.
Abhishyant
Prev eng at Gantry and at Samsara. Currently exploring better local dev for AI agents and also making messaging fun again. Also an avid runner, public transit enthusiast and always looking for a tennis partner!
Kashish
CS grad from IIT Delhi turned IAS officer (career civil servant in India) turned AI startup founder. Excited to innovate and collaborate!
Farhan
Builder with background taking recommendation, analysis and communication systems from 0->public co. Interested in socially impactful tech to promote user agency and access.

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What our members do


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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380 Brannan St, San Francisco, CA
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