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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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!
Jason
JJ is the co-founder and COO of Tezi AI, building an autonomous recruiting agent powered by AI. Previously led product and design at Instacart, Thumbtack, and Earnest, with deep expertise in consumer experiences and team building. He brings 15+ years of design leadership across fintech, marketplaces, and productivity platforms.
Alexandra
Alexandra is the founder of Rubber Ducky Labs (YC W23), building internal tools for recommender systems teams. Alexandra's been a founding member for two MLOps startups (Gantry and SigOpt), and prior to that she worked in fashion tech (Polyvore and Rent the Runway).
Thomas
Neurotech / BCI. Working with Anthony Kirilov and Nicole Dobreva :) Prev: co-founded Chai, quant trading/gambling, astro at Cambridge.
Andrew
Andrew is a Research Scientist at TikTok focused on AI and music. Previously held roles at Scale AI and The Data Institute, and founded MusicAutobot to explore generative music. Former South Park Commons deep learning researcher with a background in ML infrastructure and creative AI.
Shivam
Hey there! I’m Shivam, Co-founder of SurgeGrowth, building B2B SaaS, a monetization co-pilot. I enjoy open discussions and love to chat about modern tech and tools, and the art of turning ideas into scalable solutions !
Priya
Aspiring Founder. I want to make things better using technology, typography, and color. ex-Apple.
Clarence
Unit21
Henrik
Impact focused product leader with a passion for design and technology. During my career I've built companies and products from zero to one as well as been through scaling as an operator and executive.
Edward
Founder exploring directions in visual genAI. Researcher in Graphics/Vision/XR (ex-Apple research scientist, PhD from UWashington). Hobbies: Playing chamber music (Violin/Viola/Piano), board games, sci-fi/fantasy

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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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