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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Thomas
Previously was at Ramp, ready to build!
Jennifer
Founder. Previously MoTS @ Anthropic, Stripe. Expertise in LLM infra.
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., Shreepoorna S Rao, founder of Arctus Aerospace, IIT Madras alum. Leading innovation in high-altitude drones for defense and geospatial data, combining technical expertise with a mission to disrupt aerospace with cost-effective solutions.
David
Exploring travel community ideas. Mint.com VP Engineering; Co-founder/CTO algorithmic trading hedge fund (10yrs); PGP (encryption startup); several other startups.. From NJ; Moved west for Stanford (CompSci) and stayed in SF.
Ben
Ben is Head of Product for Enterprise Solutions at Scale AI, previously co-founder and CEO of Stelo Labs and Rume (YC S20). He began his career as a PM at Google, working on ML ranking and Android system UI.
Abhinav
Abhinav is a builder with experience with Marketplaces, Search, and Distributed systems & ML Infra. Currently interested in all things Web3.
Fangchang
Passionate about computer vision, machine learning, and 3D. Previously leading a research team at Apple. PhD in robotics from MIT.
Adam
I'm excited about manufacturing (CAD, robotics, etc), and new ways of building backend services. Previously at Facebook, Oculus, and a startup building radiology software. Lives with my wife and 3 kids in Piedmont, CA.
Tong
Co-Founder & CEO of hologram.xyz. Previously 0x (Matcha), robotics, Penn, and freelance photography.
Jared
Jared has been developing software for over 20 years. He has started multiple companies and a non-profit. He started the Boston office for Pivotal and served as the Director for the first year of operations. He is currently exploring Web3.

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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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