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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Aaron
Building crypto stealth co. Former: Partner, @lightspeedvp; Founder, @livingsocial
Amit
Co-founder of Luma AI, building cutting-edge tools at the intersection of computer vision and 3D content. Previously led camera and systems engineering at Apple.
Andrea
Andy leads the design of tools for devs and creatives, all through the lens of play. She started her career in 2010 as a filmmaker and game designer, which gave her a sharp eye for storytelling, and 10 years ago delved into product design and game design. She was the first transmedia filmmaker in Central America and cofounded the first Interaction Design school in the area. In the past she has worked at ConsenSys, MongoDB, and Roblox. Working on www.gethottake.com and www.beepboop.world
Andreas
Andreas is the co-founder and COO of Pulley, building the first dedicated platform for construction permitting. Previously served as Chief of Staff at Procore and led strategy at Honest Buildings (acquired by Procore).
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.
Tarin
I am working on tackling robotics and AI by throwing out almost all of the existing paradigms. Instead, I want to develop and refine ideas around artificial life, virtual biology, etc. This will draw heavily on simulations, and biological principles. Furthermore, I am seeking to stand up a new type of organization to do this, a cross between a venture-studio, research-lab, and a traditional start-up. Bio: Angel investor and technologist, 20+ years of experience, Apple (Autonomous Vehicles), CTO @ Voyage (Autonomous Vehicles, acquired by Cruise), Director R&D @ CTRL-Labs, (Brain Machine Interfaces, acquired by Meta), US Army Research Labs / Naval Underwater Warfare Center / RADAR/SONAR imaging and autonomous systems / Neurosys computational neuroscience. (BSEE @ GMU 2004 / MSEE @ George Washington University 2007)
Craig
Craig Stanton is a Partner focused on investor relations, based in Boston. Craig previously led capital formation for Sierra Ventures, Commerce Ventures, and Top Tier Capital Partners, and held business development roles at Freebird (acquired by Capital One) and Monitise (acquired by Fiserv). He holds a BA in Biochemistry, Cellular and Molecular Biology from Connecticut College.
Sahil
Exploring GenAI infra and applications. Recovering roboticist moving on from autonomous vehicles after 8 years
Zorayr
I was one of the early engineers on Messenger and helped to grow it to billions of people; after Messenger, spent a few years as an Engineering Manager on various new products within Facebook including stories and teens pillars. I am an engineer with a PMs hat that loves to help people. Reach out if there is anything I can help with!
Shahbaz
Shahbaz founded Zurons, an AI robotics lab building autonomous security robots for residential and commercial spaces. Prior to that, he worked at Apple, NASA and EA Sports.

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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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