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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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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Shishira
Shishira is a PhD student at UMD working on video compression and understanding. He has experience with labs at Snap and Apple and was also a researcher at IISc Bangalore. Currently passionate about building systems that understand the world!
Jason
Co-founder and CEO of Storytime, focused on building new ways to engage audiences through audio. Former Head of Partnerships at Expo and a long-time builder and educator at Stanford.
Michael
I'm a full-stack engineer based in SF currently building AI tools for executive coaches at Encore. I also dabble in 3D printing/ electronics. Previously at LiveRamp, Fin, TripAdvisor, Brown
Tom
ex-DeepMind researcher interested in interpretability, data curation & foundation models (especially in new domains)
Charles
Design prototyper and co-founder of Frisson Labs. We're building AI companions that you'll cherish! In my free time I love designing board games and nerding out about history.
Steffen
Same as current
Thomas
Neurotech / BCI. Working with Anthony Kirilov and Nicole Dobreva :) Prev: co-founded Chai, quant trading/gambling, astro at Cambridge.
Scott
Scott was a senior engineer at Addepar and studied at Harvard. He was the absolute winner of IOI 2014.
Colin
Colin is building Clerk, which allows you to add beautiful sign-up, sign-in, and user profiles to your application in minutes. He previously worked on products in financial services and travel.
Alex
Founder and CEO of Perl, focused on redefining search for the consumer internet. Previously built Lounge (acquired by Mozilla) and Oneminute, with early support from Greylock and the creators of Bebo and MySpace. Writes TLDR intros, a go-to newsletter for early-stage consumer founders and investors. Member of South Park Commons.

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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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