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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Vaibhav
Previous stint as CEO at Hubilo. Have an understanding on how to build global platforms and teams and sell through India-US corridor. Mission for the next venture is to build something that has a multiplier effect on the GDP of India.
Katrin
AI researcher with 15 years of experience, mostly in NLP, machine translation and speech recognition. Previously at Google Research. Interested in AI for inclusivity and accessibility in speech domain. Here to explore the open source AI world.
Yash
I love science and technology. I have previously worked at Spotnana (as founding engineer) and Google (in search, research teams). Currently I am working on an B2C startup in AI space.
Andrew
I'm a VC living in Hawaii. I work with founders investing in the things that make life worth living. My biggest hobbies are running (marathoner aiming to BQ) and surfing. Say hi!
Mike
Mike was previously CEO at Stamped and one of the first employees at Away. Background in data science & engineering, interested in bringing structured data understanding to AI agents.
Jason
I am a machine learning engineer, who spent the past couple of years at Stitchfix and Facebook. I’m taking a break to explore new ideas. I also do jiu jitsu and freediving and pottery as well so hit me up if any of that interests you!
Faraz
Faraz is a tech entrepreneur who previously founded two companies, including Screenhero, which sold to Slack. He's currently really into robotics.
Varun
I'm part of the FF4 -- previously worked at Transferwise and Instacart. Exploring new ideas and always excited to meet new people so please reach out!
Mike
Building KOAH - Ad network for LLM applications https://koahlabs.com
Reginald
Previously an engineer at Affirm, Growth EM at Motive, and EIR at HVF Labs. Working on startup building an access management platform.
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380 Brannan St, San Francisco, CA
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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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South Park Commons
380 Brannan St, San Francisco, CA
© 2025 All rights reserved.
South Park Commons
380 Brannan St, San Francisco, CA
© 2022 All rights reserved.