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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Marie
Third culture kid born in Hawaii and raised in Tokyo. I worked in product at Palantir (2017 - 2021) and Asana (2021 - 2023), then went on to lead growth for the Platform (2023 - 2024) at OpenAI. Also mom of two girls!
Alex
Ex-Palantir, Ex-gov. Working in the govtech space
Avi
Avi is the former Head of Product at Neeva.com -- the world's first ad-free, private search engine. Prior to Neeva, he was at YouTube where he built & led a new ads business focused on shopping & commercial actions.
Sara
Previously, I managed product & engineering at Scale AI, where I worked on recommendations, trust & safety, data quality and image/video labeling. Before that, I worked at Facebook & Twitter, and studied computer science at Carnegie Mellon.
Samvit
Samvit Majumdar is a former SaaS entrepreneur and software engineer currently exploring new ventures and enjoying Formula 1.
Yash
I love science and technology. I have previously worked at Spotnana (as founding engineer) and Google (in search, research teams). Currently I am working on an B2C startup in AI space.
Aaron
Building crypto stealth co. Former: Partner, @lightspeedvp; Founder, @livingsocial
Henry
Co-Founder of Super.com ($150MM+ revenue/year). Raised $150MM in VC funding
Varun
I'm part of the FF4 -- previously worked at Transferwise and Instacart. Exploring new ideas and always excited to meet new people so please reach out!
Priya
Priya co-founded ZestMoney (India’s earliest BNPL fintech) in 2015. Prior to Zest, Priya was at Wonga.com, a UK fintech company. Priya has had stints in investment banking and consulting. Education - MBA from London Business School, B.Tech from IIT BHU.

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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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