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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Deepak
I am an Assistant Professor in CS at UIUC. I research AI-driven networking spanning Earth and space. Currently exploring the AI startup space.
Andrew
Software engineer, previously worked at Figma on the product and the engine, Berkeley CS. Interested in computer graphics, computer vision, and machine learning.
Michelle
Exploring mass electrification and ways to build critical power grid infrastructure.
Michelle
Michelle Lu co-founded Viralspace.ai, an AI for Ad Creative company that achieved 7-figure revenue and an 8-figure exit. There, she built performance prediction and recommendation systems, and enterprise-grade generative AI creative tools (25B+ creative variants/month) for some of the most iconic brands in the world. Before that, she studied Product Design (MechE) at Stanford and conducted research in design and neurobiology. She loves all things creative (art, music, design, fashion, ballet), AI, and HCI.
Dwight
Founder, Chairman of Board for Whisper.ai. We are a team of artificial intelligence, hearing care, hardware, and software experts coming together to solve the challenge of providing better hearing.
Massimo
AI Researcher/Engineer most recently at Foundation AI at Cisco (joined via Robust Intelligence acquisition). Interested in web browsing/computer use agents, persistent memory and knowledge graph construction/utilization, and applications of voice AI.
Apurv
Apurv Mehra is a Computer Engineer and Researcher. Past Microsoft Research and IIITD
Lakshman
I'm one of those true believers in crypto you might've read about. Building a 10 year career in the space. Currently focused on building out Ethereum 2.0 at the Ethereum Foundation. I write here: https://www.lakshmansankar.com/#/
Jayanth
Co-Founder, CTO @ Riverline
Vinay
Building something new in Web3. Previously startup founder, Product @ Facebook. Manchester United fan and Pizzaterian for life.

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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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