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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Karyn
Karyn Nakamura is a Tokyo-born, New York-based artist and visual forensics researcher. Her work explores the social and technical infrastructures that shape communication.
Sahil
Exploring GenAI infra and applications. Recovering roboticist moving on from autonomous vehicles after 8 years
Jonathan
Previously worked in engineering at Y Combinator, Checkr, and Penny (acq Credit Karma). Exploring on-chain data infrastructure for crypto protocols & dapps.
Danny
Immunologist and data scientist building therapeutics that matter.
Achyut
Current: Working on making data more accessible in web3. Previously: Machine Learning at RelyanceAI; Data Scientist at Amazon, PayPal. Love experimenting with productivity hacks
Winston
I like building
Joe
Joe is building the co-pilot for in-app monetization. Previously, he led product at Epic!, world's #1 reading app for kids. He was the first employee at Toppr.com and led product from inception to acquisition.
Gobi
Human-AI. Travel (47 countries, 41 states). Did Stanford BSCS [AI Track] in 2Y (7 quarters) and MSCS [AI+HCI] → Digital Nomad → Northwestern PhD [HCI+CSEd]. Did student startup ldtalentwork.com ($1M gross sales, 100+ customers including Infosys/Baidu).
Arjun
Diving into the post-purchase CX space for hardware companies. Currently, business analyst at McKinsey. Formerly, software and product at Uber, startups. BS, MS in Computer Science from Columbia
Daniel
Daniel Tatenko, seasoned detective - focused on leveraging AI to streamline crime reporting, reduce officer workload, and improve public safety by enhancing collaboration between law enforcement and the community.

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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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