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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Charlie
Charlie is the co-founder of Expo, a platform for building universal native apps using JavaScript. Previously co-founded Quora and led early engineering teams at Facebook.
Will
Will is the co-founder of Syndicate Protocol, a decentralized investing platform.
Dhruv
Dhruv is an ex-Googler with experience working on Machine Learning problems involving language and privacy. He likes thinking about big problems from first principles, appreciates thoughtful design in tech, and enjoys writing.
Samvit
Samvit Majumdar is a former SaaS entrepreneur and software engineer currently exploring new ventures and enjoying Formula 1.
Damon
Software engineer & technical leader in Games. I've worked in the industry for 15 years at studios ranging from my own startup to AAA. If you're interested in the games space hit me up.
Tinghui
Tinghui is Senior Engineering Manager at Roblox, leading teams building 3D foundation models. Previously co-founded Sway, an AI video synthesis startup acquired by Roblox, and was a researcher at UC Berkeley and Google. He has a PhD in computer science and a deep focus on generative media and AI systems.
Anurag
Anurag is the founder and CEO at Render (render.com), a modern cloud provider. He was previously the eighth employee and Head of Risk at Stripe.
Sanchit
Graduated from IIIT-Delhi, started career as founding employee at Zenatix, an IoT startup, contributing to its acquisition by Schneider Electric. Have worked at various stages of startups and scaled orgs like Apna Jobs and Microsoft. Enjoy building product driven tech. Also love science fiction and recently AI content generation.
Saul
I grew up in Israel and studied math at the technion. I worked as an ML engineer / EM at a few startups. I like to work on technical problems that involve optimization / planning in an uncertain environment. I have 22 roommates. In my free time, I practice bjj, write short stories and surf.
Victor
Prev. cofounder/CEO @Astorian (proptech contractor marketplace aqc). Cognitive science nerd, jiu jitsu enthusiast, storytelling fanatic. Curious about web3 (DAOs++), SaaS, data infrastructure, and productivity hacking.

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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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