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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Evan
Tinkerer with a background in AI and Education, interested in building tools for better pedagogy and tools for thinking. Currently thinking about how to build a better online reading experience. Let's chat about LLMs, Jose Luis Borges, and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu.
Nikhil
Computer science engineer from Bangalore who has was early in Product at multiple unicorn supply-chain startups in India and the US (Zetwerk - India (manufacturing), Convoy (trucking) & Granular (farming) in the US), worked at Microsoft and has an MBA from Harvard Business School.
Jason
Founding MLE at Sourceress (YC S17); founded neighborhoodsf.com, a conference series and real estate fund, for which I am a Schmidt Futures Innovation Fellow; Sequoia Scout.
Grey
Founder Fellow 2. Currently building Starlight, the financial OS for web3 teams 💫
Shreepoorna
Founder of Arctus Aerospace, IIT Madras alumnus with extensive experience in drone R&D and defense tech. Led multiple UAV projects at IIT Madras; now developing high-altitude, long-endurance combat UAVs for defense applications. Based in Bangalore.
Marc
Advising AI startup founding teams. Standing up an IB focused exclusively on AI, frontier & deep tech. Co-founder & CEO of General Magic, an Apple spin-off credited with creating the smartphone. Also a satellite company, climate & cleantech.
Bryan
After a PhD in AI/ML, cofounded a unique fintech—Angaza—to make solar energy and smartphones radically more affordable in sub-Saharan Africa and beyond. Helped millions of households connect to electricity and internet. Now focused on AI again.
Nick
Joined by the former CTO and founding engineer of Doctor on Demand, Nick is working to provide greater transparency to patients and providers. Starting with billing for his mother's practice in Washington DC, they are live nationwide and looking for smart and ambitious folks who want to help drive innovation in healthcare
Alex
Currently exploring new areas. Formerly first PM and first of many other roles at Cresta going from 0 -> unicorn and prior to Cresta, PM @ Google on Photos, Lens, and Search.
Ning
Full stack engineer and designer. I previously co-founded a health insurance marketplace, and before that worked as a engineer and data scientist at a few social networks.

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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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