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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Grant
Grant is the co-founder and CEO of Gamma, building a new medium for modern business communication. Previously COO at ClearBrain (acquired by Amplitude) and Head of Strategic Finance at Optimizely.
Amir
Amir is a co-founder of Baseten, building infrastructure to serve and scale machine learning applications. Previously led data platform engineering at Clover Health and was Head of Engineering at Gumroad.
Asad
Asad is the CEO and co-founder of Jams, building new ways for people to connect and collaborate online. Previously VP of Creators and Monetization at Meta, where he led teams empowering the next generation of creators. He brings over a decade of experience at the intersection of product, content, and community.
Jacopo
I do AI, dataOps and MLOps through open source and open science. I was once a founder (Tooso, acquired by TSX:CVO) and will likely be a founder again.
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.
Ryan
Seasoned engineering leader: systems, data platform, MLOps, open source. Now focused on climate tech and decentralized social. Previously: NCX, Color, Quip, Google. More at https://snarfed.org/
Ian
Previously PhD student at Stanford, student researcher at Google Deepmind and Meta Reality Labs.
Thomas
Neurotech / BCI. Working with Anthony Kirilov and Nicole Dobreva :) Prev: co-founded Chai, quant trading/gambling, astro at Cambridge.
Nic
cofounder of Koah Labs - ads for AI apps
Tong
Co-Founder & CEO of hologram.xyz. Previously 0x (Matcha), robotics, Penn, and freelance photography.

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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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