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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Liam
Liam is a technology entrepreneur building his next venture. He was previously the co-founder and CEO of ProcureNow, acquired by OpenGov, which was later acquired by Cox Enterprises for $1.8 billion. Liam holds an MBA from Harvard and BA from Pomona.
Shikhar
Unicorn founder, travel industry expert
Yevgeniy
Grew up in SF, worked in software startups since I was in high school from developer tools to fighting crime. Now, I’m fixing data on the web
Peter
I’m currently exploring web3. Previously I cofounded SBLY.com, a bootstrapped company that hit $90M in TR.
Ashish
Solved Security, Data governance, ML problems at Google, Intel and startup. Always up for a chat about tech and business.
Aman
I'm a licensed pilot and love flying Cessnas in the NorCal area. I've got about 10 years of experience working on 0 to 1 projects at Twitter, Instagram, WhatsApp, and Meta's internal innovation lab.
Gaurav
Results-driven, hands-on software engineering leader with 18+ years of experience in building products. Solid communicator, able to forge relationships with key stakeholders. Brings joy, empathy, experience, and positive energy to the workplace.
Ihsan
Ihsan enjoys spending time with people. More specifically, he likes hearing their stories, learning from them, jamming on ideas, and/or creating things together. Those themes were ever present in his professional journey, which can be found on LinkedIn.
Zain
Engineer, AI researcher, designer, some hardware stuff too.
Priya
Priya co-founded ZestMoney (India’s earliest BNPL fintech) in 2015. Prior to Zest, Priya was at Wonga.com, a UK fintech company. Priya has had stints in investment banking and consulting. Education - MBA from London Business School, B.Tech from IIT BHU.

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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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