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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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.
Shreyaans
Applied Physicist by profession, built quantum systems, specifically for superconducting qubits. Returned back to India to contribute to Indian space mission. Now building the backbone of space based optical quantum communication.
Adam
Former Product Head at Palantir, multi-time CPO, and owner of First Principles, a product agency for emerging tech companies. Adam is the author and host of www.emergentproduct.com and is passionate about solving complex missions and AI-First products.
Sravanthi
Exploring web3 and the creator economy, and working on creative projects in writing and music. On sabbatical from Lyft, where I'm a Group Product Manager responsible for most of the rider app & experience. Previously stints in movie development and as a data scientist.
Ryan
Ryan is the co-founder of Mindscribe.
Nicholas
Part of the Founder Fellowship: excited to build something new with SPC!
Ben
Founder and Engineer building the AI copilot for medication prior auth. Previously Co-founder and Head of Engineering at Rupa Health. British 🇬🇧 and an improv comedian 🤣
Sandor
Humanoids In The Wild | Prev. MIT CSAIL, Tesla Optimus
Luke
SPC Founder Fellow - ex-ML Engineer exploring professional networking saas
Matt
Matt is a Principal Scientist at Adobe, focused on building tools for creative work. Previously founded Facet, a content-aware image editing platform, and held engineering roles at Operator and Kinema. With a Ph.D. from Carnegie Mellon, he brings deep expertise in simulation, machine learning, and interactive media.

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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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