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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Sai
Prev. Insurance Broker, Auditor, and VC Product Manager. Currently building in Insurance x AI!
Feross
Founder & CEO of Socket. Socket helps companies defend their systems against open-source software supply chain attacks. We're growing fast and hiring!
Lavanya
Exploring solving operationally complex problems with technology. Previously at Culdesac, as General Manager of the first car-free community built from scratch in the US. Passionate about transportation, health care, and real estate. Expertise in growth, ops, marketing, partnerships
Vaibhav
Previous stint as CEO at Hubilo. Have an understanding on how to build global platforms and teams and sell through India-US corridor. Mission for the next venture is to build something that has a multiplier effect on the GDP of India.
Robert
Builder, working on applied AI. Previously: AI lead @ Front. Fun fact: ex semi-pro gamer
Brandon
Co-founder of Power, building a network for medical research. Previously led revenue and operations at Setter (acquired by Thumbtack) and later helped integrate the teams as Head of BizOps at Thumbtack.
Curtis
2020-12-10: • Working on: Electric Capital’s open source developer report (shipped this morning here), recruiting infrastructure for SPC. • Looking for: Nothing at the moment • Ask about: crypto, devtools, fundraising
Yogesh
I'm a repeat founder (15+ yrs, 4 ventures) now building an AI-powered passive investing platform. Deep in wealthtech, GTM, and automation. Always up to jam on ideas, collaborate, or sanity-check bold bets—let’s connect.
Mike
Founded Skip (YC W18) now working on something new. Terrestrial and Internet Explorer.
Josh
CTO at Generally Intelligent, an AI research company focused building human-like intelligent systems. Angel investor. Always happy to help or chat about AI, ML, or anything I've worked on previously (crypto, VR, finance, manufacturing, gaming, etc)

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What our members do


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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380 Brannan St, San Francisco, CA
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South Park Commons
380 Brannan St, San Francisco, CA
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