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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Aaron
Founder of Hyper Online, a leading avatar content creation platform used by streamers across TikTok, Twitch, and Steam. Previously a product designer at Facebook and Cash App, where he helped launch key features and co-invented four patents. Advisor to dYdX.
Faraz
Faraz is a tech entrepreneur who previously founded two companies, including Screenhero, which sold to Slack. He's currently really into robotics.
Tom
ex-DeepMind researcher interested in interpretability, data curation & foundation models (especially in new domains)
Lora
Interested in amplifying human agency and personal fulfillment when AI takes over production. Currently building consumer AI that's embedded in real life: fun, safe, and truly personal. Previously did research in interpretability & agents.
Vishal
Founder, Embedding.store • SPC Fellow • ML at Twitter, Microsoft • Singer, Songwriter
Pete
Pete is the co-founder of Swoop.
Guglielmo
Co-founder of Adjoint, Inc. Previously working on system-level autonomy at NASA/JPL, and got my Ph.D. in aerospace engineering from Polytechnic of Turin.
Benjamin
I spent the last 8 years at Stripe, where I was the founding engineer on Stripe Terminal, drove the acquisition of Index, and post-launch led integration experience and global expansion for the Terminal product. I've run teams large (50) and small, led mobile strategy across Stripe with @shreyas as my mentor, and spent the last 2 years working on Stripe Connect. I'm so excited to be building something new with Rob Cheung, who I met at Venmo.
Gavin
Co-founder and CEO of Column Tax, building modern tax infrastructure for the digital era. Previously led strategy and operations at Waymo.
Leah
Working on AI for content moderation.

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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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