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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Ben

Co-Founder, CEO at Transcend, the data infrastructure powering your privacy rights at your favorite brands. Formerly Computer Science at Harvard.

Saul

I grew up in Israel and studied math at the technion. I worked as an ML engineer / EM at a few startups. I like to work on technical problems that involve optimization / planning in an uncertain environment. I have 22 roommates. In my free time, I practice bjj, write short stories and surf.

Suraj

Los Angeles. CS at Dartmouth, Engineering at Thayer. AngelList (Venture) -> now

James

James is a co-founder of Gamma, building a new format for modern business storytelling. Previously spent nearly eight years at Optimizely as a senior engineering leader.

Charlie

Charlie is the co-founder of Expo, a platform for building universal native apps using JavaScript. Previously co-founded Quora and led early engineering teams at Facebook.

Samantha

Samantha is a software engineer with previous experience in fintech & AI. She is currently working on projects in the crypto space.

Michael

Founder of Plato. Build internal tools without coding.

Harsha

Career in I-Banking and Fund Management. 3rd time founder. Enthusiastic gamer. Bangalorean.

Nic

cofounder of Koah Labs - ads for AI apps

Aj

2nd time founder / Former head of ML at an AI startup (Hirefly) Build AI for eCommerce brands

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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.