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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Kaiyuan
Exploring disaster and emergency response, let's chat! Worked in Insurance, let's chat!
Andrew
Andrew is a Research Scientist at TikTok focused on AI and music. Previously held roles at Scale AI and The Data Institute, and founded MusicAutobot to explore generative music. Former South Park Commons deep learning researcher with a background in ML infrastructure and creative AI.
Herrick
Interested in broadening access to impactful technology. Previously built things at Affirm, Supermove, and Qualified.
Amjad
Amjad Masad is the CEO and co-founder of Replit, an online coding platform that aims to make coding more accessible and social.
Grace
Data infrastructure + developer tooling at Palantir. Explored devtools + dating while at SPC. Have now found my way to crypto :)
Kanishk
Formerly special projects at Affirm and EE #3 at Kojo. Interested in cycling and reading science fiction. Optimistic about the world.
Arseniy
Arseniy is the co-founder of Moai Cash.
Vaibhav
Co-founder at SurgeGrowth, developing a monetization co-pilot for subscription-based softwares. Formerly a Product Manager at Epic, the world's largest digital reading platform for kids.
Apurv
Apurv Mehra is a Computer Engineer and Researcher. Past Microsoft Research and IIITD
Satish
ex-CEO @Polymorph (acquired by @Walmart ) • MS @Berkeley • Double majors in Electrical & Mechanical Engg • 30 Under30 award from India's #1 private university.

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What our members do


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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