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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Pranav
Business engineer. Previously worked in pre-seed, seed, series A engineering/adjacent roles. Interests in financial markets, fintech, and infrastructure.
Michael
I'm a full-stack engineer based in SF currently building AI tools for executive coaches at Encore. I also dabble in 3D printing/ electronics. Previously at LiveRamp, Fin, TripAdvisor, Brown
Yogesh
I'm a repeat founder (15+ yrs, 4 ventures) now building an AI-powered passive investing platform. Deep in wealthtech, GTM, and automation. Always up to jam on ideas, collaborate, or sanity-check bold bets—let’s connect.
Huanru
Henry has deep experience building AI products and AI research, previously co-founding Jenni.ai as the technical founder & CTO. At Jenni, he scaled the startup to over $7M ARR, serving 300K monthly active users. He holds an MS in Computer Science from UC San Diego, with published research in neural networks, NLP, and neural music generation.
Olivia
Currently building something in the generative AI space. Previously a data leader at Stitch Fix and Uber creating customer growth and marketplace technology.
Zorayr
I was one of the early engineers on Messenger and helped to grow it to billions of people; after Messenger, spent a few years as an Engineering Manager on various new products within Facebook including stories and teens pillars. I am an engineer with a PMs hat that loves to help people. Reach out if there is anything I can help with!
Greg
Previously at Dropbox, leading the teams for Mypy (static types for Python) and engineer collaboration tools. Before that Quora, Ksplice, Harvard math, and MIT computer science
Michelle
Exploring mass electrification and ways to build critical power grid infrastructure.
Tarin
I am working on tackling robotics and AI by throwing out almost all of the existing paradigms. Instead, I want to develop and refine ideas around artificial life, virtual biology, etc. This will draw heavily on simulations, and biological principles. Furthermore, I am seeking to stand up a new type of organization to do this, a cross between a venture-studio, research-lab, and a traditional start-up. Bio: Angel investor and technologist, 20+ years of experience, Apple (Autonomous Vehicles), CTO @ Voyage (Autonomous Vehicles, acquired by Cruise), Director R&D @ CTRL-Labs, (Brain Machine Interfaces, acquired by Meta), US Army Research Labs / Naval Underwater Warfare Center / RADAR/SONAR imaging and autonomous systems / Neurosys computational neuroscience. (BSEE @ GMU 2004 / MSEE @ George Washington University 2007)
Sam
Building Sentience...

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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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