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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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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Tim
Tim Shi is the Co-Founder and CTO of Cresta, where he helped pioneer the use of generative AI in the enterprise, launching a GPT-based product in 2019. A former Stanford AI researcher and early OpenAI team member, his work on web-based reinforcement learning helped shape modern digital agents. Under his leadership, Cresta powers major companies like Verizon and United Airlines, delivering hundreds of millions in ROI.
Tremaine
Tre is the co-founder of Vori, an OS for the grocery industry. Previously, he was co-founder at Greo (YCS17), a video social network for meaningful conversations (Top 40 on app store). Previously design @ Google & Mozilla, and built a nationally recognized education non-profit.
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
Mike
Building KOAH - Ad network for LLM applications https://koahlabs.com
Harsha
Career in I-Banking and Fund Management. 3rd time founder. Enthusiastic gamer. Bangalorean.
Chetanya
AI/ML expert with experience in transforming research into products. Interested in building a small but profitable business
Sai
I’m a product-driven founder and engineer building enterprise knowledge retention tools. Previously, I was an ML Engineer at Apple, leading R&D incubation projects for the iPhone. I'm a serial builder and a hackathon enthusiast (18x hackathon winner). I’m also an avid reader and enjoy working out, playing tennis and pickle ball.
Anand
Anand is a 2x founder (1 exit, 1 8-figure revenue) who loves building products with frontier tech that elevate creativity & flow. He founded BumpTop (acq. by Google). Worked on Android, Photos and Glass at Google. He just left Spatial which he co-founded (AR/VR collaboration with $50M raised and #1 earning VR game Animal Company).
Brian
Brian is a software engineer at Stainless, previously at Anthropic where he helped launch Claude.ai and unify API infrastructure. He previously co-founded Kenchi and led key product lines at Stripe, including Stripe Connect.
Omar
Web3 FF3 exploring gaming - https://www.omarmezenner.com

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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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