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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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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Andrew
I'm a VC living in Hawaii. I work with founders investing in the things that make life worth living. My biggest hobbies are running (marathoner aiming to BQ) and surfing. Say hi!
Vaibhav
Previous stint as CEO at Hubilo. Have an understanding on how to build global platforms and teams and sell through India-US corridor. Mission for the next venture is to build something that has a multiplier effect on the GDP of India.
Nicole
Neuropsyhologist, increasing QOL
Anthony
BA, MSc Natural Sciences at University of Cambridge PhD Computational Astrophysics at Charles University in Prague (interrupted)
Markus
Currently building WorkForge, the easiest way to get the info you need at work. Previously founder of Lobe, a visual tool to build custom deep learning models (acquired by Microsoft 2018). Graduate '14 Master's CS and '13 M&T dual degree program at Penn.
Rohan
Building an AI Growth Team. Previously built new products for SMBs and creators at Meta, Yelp, and Yahoo. As Founder, I started an 8 person company for non-profits to raise capital.
Alex
Product, prototyping, and R+D—I've done software, hardware, faceware, computer vision, always aimed at making people's interactions with computation as direct and physical as possible. I have many hot takes, which I'll share with the vaguest provocation.
Yaser
Yaser built professional dashboard on Instagram and now exploring problems in AI and Healthcare
Somdev
Achievements ● Back to back NCAA singles Champion in 2007 & 2008 while at UVa ● Career high of #62 in ATP singles rankings 2011 (highest Indian since Ramesh Krishnan in 1992) ● Wins over Raonic, Cilic, Baghdatis, Isner, Anderson, Johnson, Sock, Vesely, Schuettler, Tipsarevic, Dolgopolov, Malisse, among others ● Led India to the World Group of Davis Cup in 2009 & 2010 ● Singles gold medalist at 2010 Commonwealth Games in men’s singles ● Men’s singles and doubles gold with Sanam Singh at 2010 Asian Games ● 2 career ATP World Tour Finals - 2009, Chennai and 2011, Johannesburg Awards and Recognitions ● Arjuna Award 2011, for Outstanding Performance in sports ● After major shoulder surgery in 2012, was nominated for Comeback Player of the year by the ATP in 2013 and lost out to Rafael Nadal ● Padma Shri 2018 (4th highest civilian award in India) ● NCAA Tennis Hall of Fame inductee 2019 Post Retirement from the ATP Tour in March 2016 ● Trustee of Life is a Ball Public Charitable Trust ⇢ Charity co-founded in 2011 that enables children across India to play sport ⇢ Works with over 1000 children every year ● Co-founded GetFit in 2013, a movement that works on development of children through sport in schools ⇢ Worked with over 100 schools across India ● Co-founder/ Director of Wild Warrior ⇢ Leaders in obstacle races across India ● National Observer for tennis for the Indian Ministry of youth and sports affairs 2017-18 ● Consultant for several pro’s and juniors on the tour as a mentor/ guide including: ⇢ Prajnesh Gunneswaran Career high 75 ⇢ Sumit Nagal Career high 68 ● Travelled with the Indian Davis Cup team as consultant ● High performance coach at Nensel Academy in Peine, Germany ● Media work with tennis as a commentator/ expert analyst ⇢ Rio 2016, Tokyo 2020 and Paris 2024 Summer Olympics ⇢ Asian games 2018 and 2023 ⇢ Australian Open 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 & 2025 ⇢ ATP 250 Pune Maharashtra Open 2019, 2020 & 2022 ⇢ Roland Garros 2022, 2023, 2024 ⇢ Commonwealth Games 2022
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)

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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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