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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Sean
Sean Howell, was CEO of Hornet, where he built a 40M-user LGBTQIA+ social network, and co-founder of Buffalo Market. Sean applies lessons from consumer tech to SaaS, leveraging his global experience to create impactful, user-friendly solutions.
Raghavendra
RVP is the co-founder and CEO of Tezi, building the world's first fully autonomous AI recruiting agent. Previously led engineering and research at Covariant and served as CTO at Thumbtack.
Vineet
Entrepreneur. Previously co-founded IDfy, CredRight and Gaboli. Looking forward to my -1 to 0 journey with SPC.
Aaron
Founder of Hyper Online, a leading avatar content creation platform used by streamers across TikTok, Twitch, and Steam. Previously a product designer at Facebook and Cash App, where he helped launch key features and co-invented four patents. Advisor to dYdX.
Thomas
Previously was at Ramp, ready to build!
James
James is a Vancouver-based entrepreneur currently building Durable. He previously founded VisualCV after building a diverse portfolio of businesses, from window‑cleaning ventures to software startups.
Michael
CTO @ Rallyboard
Shivam
Hey there! I’m Shivam, Co-founder of SurgeGrowth, building B2B SaaS, a monetization co-pilot. I enjoy open discussions and love to chat about modern tech and tools, and the art of turning ideas into scalable solutions !
David
Exploring travel community ideas. Mint.com VP Engineering; Co-founder/CTO algorithmic trading hedge fund (10yrs); PGP (encryption startup); several other startups.. From NJ; Moved west for Stanford (CompSci) and stayed in SF.
David
Founder of Shark Tooth - a Biotech developing a treatment for Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease Type 1A, which my son was diagnosed with 1.5 yrs ago. I'm also an angel investor & a SaaS startup advisor. Previously I was the 1st GTM leader at Notion & Typeform.

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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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