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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Sheetal
Exploring next-gen experiences at the intersection of media x social gaming x AI. Seasoned AI/ML product leader: voice agents, SLMs, speech AI, generative designs. Previously: @sarvamai, office ai @microsoft. Cooking, coffee, and geeking out on TV/shows (current obsession - Succession)
Zain
Founder of Eureka, a healthcare company helping patients with chronic conditions get control over their symptoms.
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
Sudeep
Co-founder / CEO @ Autonomi AI | Ex-ML Engineering Lead @ToyotaResearch | CS PhD @MIT | #girldad
Yahia
Exploring ideas around ERPs and vertical SaaS. Previously SWE at Snowflake building AI products, PM at nxyz building blockchain data APIs, and management consultant at McKinsey.
Ben
Founder and Engineer building the AI copilot for medication prior auth. Previously Co-founder and Head of Engineering at Rupa Health. British 🇬🇧 and an improv comedian 🤣
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.
Shreyas
Key Management at Coinbase, Infra at Checkr
Andrew
Previously founded and exited from a company called Velvet, which made AI tools for private finance.
Matt
Matt is working full-time on starting a climate-tech company. Previously, he was Head of Engineering at Studio and an ML Scientist at Tesla Autopilot. He spends his free time playing music, skateboarding, and nerding out about space travel and TTRPGs.

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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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