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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Christian
deep tech designer
Malcolm
Malcolm was the first employee at Asana and worked on many pieces of the infrastructure there. Before that he was on the Android team at Google and wrote much of the initial version of Gmail for Android.
Kat
Exploring the intersection between mental health (anxiety, depression, ADHD), tech, and storytelling. Currently growing a YouTube channel on mental health and mindset. Previously SWE at Meta (Instagram Subscriptions, Facebook Lite) and CS at Yale.
Max
Climate-tech founder, new to SF. Since my acquisition 6 months ago, I've focused on energy & grid management and construction-tech. Based on my experience, I'd like to explore if agentic AI can help mitigate complex and messy workflows in these areas.
Yahia
Exploring ideas around ERPs and vertical SaaS. Previously SWE at Snowflake building AI products, PM at nxyz building blockchain data APIs, and management consultant at McKinsey.
Augustine
RL PhD at UCL, working on LLMs and reasoning at vmax, prev: AI safety at Redwood research, NeuroAI at CSHL, AI for genomics at lllumina
Victor
Prev. cofounder/CEO @Astorian (proptech contractor marketplace aqc). Cognitive science nerd, jiu jitsu enthusiast, storytelling fanatic. Curious about web3 (DAOs++), SaaS, data infrastructure, and productivity hacking.
Adrienne
Adrienne is currently investing (real estate, data + dev tools) and exploring new ideas in the search fund / investing space. Previously, Adrienne was a Product Manager designing the in-car experience at Tesla, an APM at Google, and an associate at Bridgewater.
Nick
Co-founder at ROSNIK AI, working on improving the experience of human in the loop AI systems. Previously, built software to scale Modern Health and Optimizely. Happy to chat about all things startups, software engineering, distributed systems, mental health, and food.
Hamza
Working on potrerolabs.xyz, a start-up to empower creators and their communities. Previously engineering at Facebook. Love to go skiing, camping and do other outdoor shenanigans.

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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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