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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Aman
Building my second venture focused on Software Testing Automation with AI Agents. Previously Co-founded, TurboHire and scaled it to over $1m in ARR. Earlier worked as a Product Manager & Software Engineer at Microsoft.
Shruti
Former founder excited to start my next company! My strengths are in Product & Ops. Ex-Google, Ex-Stripe.
Alvaro
Currently co-founder and CEO at Orb, building next-gen billing infrastructure for modern software companies. Previously engineering leader at Asana and a member of South Park Commons. Alvaro holds dual degrees from MIT and is passionate about product-focused engineering and infrastructure that scales.
Pacssu
PACSSU, Product Designer & Team Builder. Most recently, VP of Product Design at Ro, now exploring addressing lonlieness.
Evan
Tinkerer with a background in AI and Education, interested in building tools for better pedagogy and tools for thinking. Currently thinking about how to build a better online reading experience. Let's chat about LLMs, Jose Luis Borges, and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu.
Dakota
Lifelong Midwesterner, currently living in Kansas City along with the wife and two pets (dog-Sunny, cat-Kit Cat). I'm passionate about building solutions with outcomes of healthier communities and people, which is what has led me to working in an endeavor that's aimed at helping to drive adoption of regenerative agriculture. (check out Rooted Ag) Beyond work, I love spending time in nature and observing, making warm connections with people, and listening to good music.
Shukan
Currently exploring the future of RPA / workflow automation in the new AI age. Prev Senior-SWE at Doppel / Brex / Level, working across search, payments, & agentic cybersecurity. Love the outdoors and staying active via dance, running, & basketball.
Nathan
Robotics/AI engineer researching diffusion policies at Stanford AI lab. Previously built open-source humanoid infra and simulator. Interested in scaling robotics infra & foundation models. Multidisciplinary science olympiad finalist (chem/bio/math/CS).
Danny
Immunologist and data scientist building therapeutics that matter.
Jiachen
I pioneer the creation of autonomous agents for the long-term needs of diverse real-world applications. Ex-DeepMind, LLNL, Electronic Arts. PhD in Machine learning at Georgia Institute of Technology.

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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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