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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Georgi
Founder of TAPP Security | Math + Stats @ Harvard | Prod, SPC & Z-Fellow
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.
Kerem
NLP researcher, product builder, token juggler, occasional prankster.
Vaibhav
Previous stint as CEO at Hubilo. Have an understanding on how to build global platforms and teams and sell through India-US corridor. Mission for the next venture is to build something that has a multiplier effect on the GDP of India.
Kunal
Head of Product + Design at Rilla (prev. Founding Engineer). Penn '22
Tejas
Math/CS guy currently working on AI for insurance. Always open to discussions about AI, crypto(-logy/currency), and anything algebraic!
Gavin
Co-founder and CEO of Column Tax, building modern tax infrastructure for the digital era. Previously led strategy and operations at Waymo.
Kevin
Kevin is the founder and CEO of Centari, building next-generation information tools for legal and deal teams. Previously served as Head of Legal at Kasa and Deputy General Counsel at Hamilton Zanze. A UC Berkeley Law grad, he blends deep legal expertise with startup operational experience.
Emily
Repeat founder with deep product and SaaS experience. Exploring my next venture in the climate-space (particularly in Energy, Built environment). I live in SF with my husband and mini sheepadoodle but am the proud owner of a 617 phone number.
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.

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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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