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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Matt
Matt is a Principal Scientist at Adobe, focused on building tools for creative work. Previously founded Facet, a content-aware image editing platform, and held engineering roles at Operator and Kinema. With a Ph.D. from Carnegie Mellon, he brings deep expertise in simulation, machine learning, and interactive media.
Ryan
Ryan is the co-founder of Mindscribe.
Aman
I'm a licensed pilot and love flying Cessnas in the NorCal area. I've got about 10 years of experience working on 0 to 1 projects at Twitter, Instagram, WhatsApp, and Meta's internal innovation lab.
Bryson
Bryson is a builder that is excited about creating software and AI systems that interact with the physical world.
Kunal
Head of Product + Design at Rilla (prev. Founding Engineer). Penn '22
Hish
Hish is the co-founder of Tribes.
Sanjeev
Sanjeev is the co-founder of Meesho.
Eric
Building Goodfire. Previously founded RippleMatch, a Series B AI recruiting startup backed by Goldman Sachs
Ankit
Ankit is the co-founder of Cure.Fit.
David
David is the co-founder of InstaBooks.

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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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