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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Neehar
Professional Dilettantemaxxer. Formerly CTO@Insider.in, SVP@Paytm. Ran product and engg for a 100mn MAU app, built novel ticketing tech behind most of India's sports industry, one time open source JS junkie and most importantly, a failed drummer.
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.
Kaiyuan
Exploring disaster and emergency response, let's chat! Worked in Insurance, let's chat!
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.
Jarret
Building something fun and funky to disrupt a super stale market. Previously held senior roles at companies big and small, including mktg, product, operations, biz strat/analytics, partnerships, and customer success.
William
Technical founder who builds from -1→0->1. Created ML-powered document platforms at AngelList, architected loan trading systems at ORSNN, and led engineering teams at Amazon. Solves complex challenges with Go, AWS, and AI to deliver market-ready solutions.
Kevin
Studied CS @ UWaterloo, learned to be a SWE. Spent past 5 years as a PM. Marketplace PM @ Lime (scooters, Series A -> D), then founding PM @ Kikoff (fintech, Seed -> Series B). Working to make the world more abundant with tools that give humans leverage.

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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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