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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Jonathan
I'm a founder and software engineer with previous experience in legal tech and consumer products. I've worked at Google, Cisco, and Walmart Labs. I also make music.
Pranav
Building AI x Insurance, prev: Agents for Prior Auth Review, VC Copilot, CRM Copilot for Banks. IIT Madras, Northwestern Alum.
Ning
Ning came from Meta FAIR where he worked as a research engineer on speech/text translation and multimodal LLM. Ning is exploring the intersection of AI applications and SMS platforms.
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)
Aazar
Aazar founded Zurons, an AI robotics lab building autonomous security robots for residential and commercial spaces. Prior to that, he worked at NASA, Integrated Dynamics and Teradata.
Faith
Faith is the Storytelling Associate at SPC, based in San Francisco, where she helps craft narrative and video content. Previously, she worked at United Talent Agency in Los Angeles and holds a Bachelor's degree in English from the University of Pennsylvania. In her free time, Faith enjoys watching bad (and good) movies, snowboarding, and road trips!
Sean
Sean Howell, was CEO of Hornet, where he built a 40M-user LGBTQIA+ social network, and co-founder of Buffalo Market. Sean applies lessons from consumer tech to SaaS, leveraging his global experience to create impactful, user-friendly solutions.
Michael
Previous founder of Biodock AI, studied CS @ Stanford, dropped out for the Thiel Fellowship
Vinai
Product engineer who loves taking real products to market. Interested in fintech, crypto, and robotics. Formerly at Ramp.
Abhishek
Cofounder @Riverline. Multiple failed ventures, started selling software at 19. Passionate about building sustainable businesses. Enjoy crashing drones in my downtime, now focused on growing B2B SaaS

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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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