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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Shruti
Former founder excited to start my next company! My strengths are in Product & Ops. Ex-Google, Ex-Stripe.
Yusuf
I like to build time machines! I'm a software engineer with experience computer vision research and developer tools. I'm currently founding NatML, building cross-platform machine learning and media tools for developing interactive software.
Jason
Co-founder and CEO of Storytime, focused on building new ways to engage audiences through audio. Former Head of Partnerships at Expo and a long-time builder and educator at Stanford.
Apurv
Apurv Mehra is a Computer Engineer and Researcher. Past Microsoft Research and IIITD
Jonathan
Jonathan is the Head of Design at Eigen Labs and co-founder of VectorDAO, working at the intersection of crypto, design, and product. Previously led design teams at Coinbase.
Christopher
Chris is an entrepreneur and engineer from Waterloo, Canada. With a background in Mechatronics Engineering from the University of Waterloo, Chris has worked at several companies doing software, firmware, neurotechnology research, and machine learning.
Shishira
Shishira is a PhD student at UMD working on video compression and understanding. He has experience with labs at Snap and Apple and was also a researcher at IISc Bangalore. Currently passionate about building systems that understand the world!
Pranav
Business engineer. Previously worked in pre-seed, seed, series A engineering/adjacent roles. Interests in financial markets, fintech, and infrastructure.
Alex
Former head of go-to-market at Zoox (self-driving startup acquired by Amazon), and ex-management consultant. Interested in the future of mobility, AI/ML, meditation, and book recommendations. Studied Math & CS at Harvey Mudd.
Cinjon
I have a PhD in machine learning focusing on vision. I also have a deep understanding and experience in crypto. And I run a circus studio in Dumbo. Go to cinjon.com for writings.

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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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380 Brannan St, San Francisco, CA
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