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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Evan
Tinkerer with a background in AI and Education, interested in building tools for better pedagogy and tools for thinking. Currently thinking about how to build a better online reading experience. Let's chat about LLMs, Jose Luis Borges, and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu.
Jeffrey
Jeffrey is interested in climate, reversing the digitalization of identity, and, somewhat reluctantly, crypto. Previously, Jeffrey was a software engineer at Plaid and a student at Harvard (CS/Philosophy 2019). Also, please go surfing with him.
Mike
Michael graduated from Harvard College in 2017 with a master’s degree in CS, as well as a bachelor’s degree in CS and statistics. During college, he worked in the George Church Lab automating multiplexing technologies for cell culture experiments.
Sami
Creator of Echo Chess AI. I build strategy games using AI and Game Design.
Ashu
Ashu is a product guy with a technical bent. Earlier, he started a wellness startup called 12 labs before joining LinkedIn as a growth product manager. While tinkering on the sides, he found his way into Web3. Currently, working on Helix3 - trying to make the life easier for Solana developers
Kevin
Kevin is the founder and CEO of Centari, building next-generation information tools for legal and deal teams. Previously served as Head of Legal at Kasa and Deputy General Counsel at Hamilton Zanze. A UC Berkeley Law grad, he blends deep legal expertise with startup operational experience.
Andrea
Andy leads the design of tools for devs and creatives, all through the lens of play. She started her career in 2010 as a filmmaker and game designer, which gave her a sharp eye for storytelling, and 10 years ago delved into product design and game design. She was the first transmedia filmmaker in Central America and cofounded the first Interaction Design school in the area. In the past she has worked at ConsenSys, MongoDB, and Roblox. Working on www.gethottake.com and www.beepboop.world
Matthew
PhD in RL, building new ways of using RL + LLMs
Shreyas
Key Management at Coinbase, Infra at Checkr
Oliver
Ex-Founder of Antimetal, SWE at Microsoft and Census. Passionate about solving the software crisis and building best-in class developer tooling to raise the default quality of new software.

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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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