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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Shannon
Working in Responsible AI and AI governance, and exploring how to build technology in service of a more just society. Previously, a PM at Scale AI. Berkeley alum. Based in San Francisco, and often found in NYC and Shanghai. Let's go sailing together.
Alexander
Recently sold my last startup to Coinbase. Starting a new company to fix important problems in the electric grid + energy industry.
Josh
CTO at Generally Intelligent, an AI research company focused building human-like intelligent systems. Angel investor. Always happy to help or chat about AI, ML, or anything I've worked on previously (crypto, VR, finance, manufacturing, gaming, etc)
Alex
Alex is the co-founder of Playbook.com, a cloud storage and collaboration tool for creatives. Before that, he studied at CMU and was an engineer at Addepar and Opendoor.
Nirmal
Currently exploring AI & marketplaces. Nirmal was formerly an ML engineer at Abnormal Security, where he developed ML systems to detect account takeover attacks at scale. He graduated with a CS degree from Northwestern in 2021.
Rishi
Rishi is a software engineer at Airtable. Before that, he was the first employee at Zulip, an open source team chat application.
Sai
I'm a 2nd time founder, exploring ideas in Enterprise SaaS - Industrial AI and Robotics, i believe the future is going to be dominated by domain specialised AI especially that is touching the physical world. I'm a technologist, have deliberately chosen to work my career around startups (as i find them far more fascinating than a conventional big tech role), been doing this for 11 years in my career now! I was working in the domain of Search before i founded a data intelligence company (Spoonshot - acquired). Especially the areas/ideas at the intersection of business, technology and fundamental sciences (ex: physics, chemistry) excite me. You may ask why "fundamental sciences", well ... thats an interesting story for the time we meet. Personal: - Just moved to US (in Nov 24), born in India - Loves food, both cooking and eating - Certified Advanced Open Water Scuba Diver
Clarence
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Keshav
Currently thinking about how people learn with AI; previously studied causal inference and machine learning at Stanford. Hacker at heart. Learning how to play squash and piano.
Daniel
Daniel Tatenko, seasoned detective - focused on leveraging AI to streamline crime reporting, reduce officer workload, and improve public safety by enhancing collaboration between law enforcement and the community.

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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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