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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Abhishek
Passionate about all things Startups, Fintech and Investing | Core Values - Empathy, Curiosity & Humility
Lakshman
I'm one of those true believers in crypto you might've read about. Building a 10 year career in the space. Currently focused on building out Ethereum 2.0 at the Ethereum Foundation. I write here: https://www.lakshmansankar.com/#/
Michael
Former startup CTO, first technical hire through Series B at NCX. Interested in: LLM interfaces, evolution of Vertical SaaS, forestry, remote sensing. holkesvik.com
Bhav
Passionate about computer vision, building a large-scale video understanding platform. Prev: Google Research, CMU
Harsha
Career in I-Banking and Fund Management. 3rd time founder. Enthusiastic gamer. Bangalorean.
Grace
Kintsugi is developing novel voice biomarker software to detect clinical depression and anxiety from 20-seconds of free-form speech, closing mental health care gaps across risk-bearing health systems, saving time and lives.
Veer
Veer is a CS major from MIT specializing in AI and distributed systems. He's currently building Inflight, a platform that democratizes access to expert feedback, enabling teams to build better products. Previously, Veer built Airchat for two years.
Wenlong
Built controllers for various types of humanoid robots
Sravanthi
Exploring web3 and the creator economy, and working on creative projects in writing and music. On sabbatical from Lyft, where I'm a Group Product Manager responsible for most of the rider app & experience. Previously stints in movie development and as a data scientist.
Meia
Obsessed with fixing our food systems and ecosystems. Prev: cofounder/cto @ feanix (yc s23, biotech x cattle), ml eng @ google[x] in ag-tech, cs @ mit. Now: USDA organic inspector exploring in sustainable ag + helping startups.

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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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380 Brannan St, San Francisco, CA
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