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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Nolan
Currently exploring ideas around multimodal models and future of work. Prev: Engineering @ Complicore (Bootstrapped AI/ML credentialing platform). Consumer, DevEx, Web Infra @ Spotify.
Dmitry
I'm interested in exploring applications of AI and LLM models into fields from search, recommendations, SWE productivity, or creative productivity tooling. I've worked on products, teams, and systems in ML and data, and has built teams from early to late stage at consumer social, B2B SaaS (security) and looking into new domains.
Gloria
Gloria is the founder and CEO of Siteline, bringing modern financial tools to the construction industry. Previously Stripe’s first PM hire, where she worked on Checkout, Dashboard, and Risk/Identity.
Ashley
Ashley is the co-founder of Momentum.
Yev
Grew up in SF, worked in software startups since I was in high school from developer tools to fighting crime. Now, I’m fixing data on the web
Rahul
Hi everyone! I'm working on Doppel -- we're building trust & safety software to help detect NFT counterfeits. I'm really excited about the NFT space and all of the challenging problems that need to be solved to help it grow.
Jaclyn
Jaclyn worked at Alphabet for 7 years in a variety of operational roles. She helped launch Google Helpouts (a consumer marketplace to deliver expertise over live video) and most recently worked at CapitalG helping portfolio companies scale.
Moiz
Co-founder and CTO at Momentum, a Slack-native sales platform. Previously a founding engineer at Blameless and backend infrastructure lead at Sauce Labs and AWS. Brings deep expertise in systems engineering and developer tools, with roots in academic research at the University of Kansas.
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.
Robert
Robert is the founder of Compound Labs, creator of the Compound Protocol, one of the earliest and most influential decentralized finance (DeFi) platforms.

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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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