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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Farhan
Builder with background taking recommendation, analysis and communication systems from 0->public co. Interested in socially impactful tech to promote user agency and access.
Mehul
Tinkering in Humanoids & Trading, Ex-AlgoTrader
Kush
3x entrepreneur and executive leader with 15+ years of experience in SaaS, Hardware and consumer products. Last I was the CPO&VP Engineering @Noise(wearables) and ex- CTO&COO @SenRa(SaaS/IoT). Currently into outdoor (adventure) sports, guitar and AI.
Amit
M.S. Biomedical Engineering; Experience in Computational Biology, Data Science and Product Development; Past Founder: IntelliGene (serving NCI designated cancer centers; acquired by Invitae); Past Experience: ORIEN Cancer Hospital Network, Merck, Invitae, Rosetta
Robert
Builder, working on applied AI. Previously: AI lead @ Front. Fun fact: ex semi-pro gamer
Jarret
Building something fun and funky to disrupt a super stale market. Previously held senior roles at companies big and small, including mktg, product, operations, biz strat/analytics, partnerships, and customer success.
William
Technical founder who builds from -1→0->1. Created ML-powered document platforms at AngelList, architected loan trading systems at ORSNN, and led engineering teams at Amazon. Solves complex challenges with Go, AWS, and AI to deliver market-ready solutions.
Aditya
Founder with an exit in energy space (Airprobe), led APAC biz and global solar @ Zeitview (drones and computer vision), cofounder @ susventures. Ideating to build venture scale climatetech biz with current focus on built environment(datacenters) and energy.
Kevin
Studied CS @ UWaterloo, learned to be a SWE. Spent past 5 years as a PM. Marketplace PM @ Lime (scooters, Series A -> D), then founding PM @ Kikoff (fintech, Seed -> Series B). Working to make the world more abundant with tools that give humans leverage.
Azlen
Interaction designer. Derivateur. Exploring new interfaces for interacting with intelligent machines.

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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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380 Brannan St, San Francisco, CA
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South Park Commons
380 Brannan St, San Francisco, CA
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