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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Sahil
Sahil is a customer-focused engineer with an extensive background in AI, recommender systems, and marketplaces. He has served an engineer and an eng leader at Facebook and Uber, working on News Feed, Video Growth, as well as Uber’s Dispatching Algorithms.
Saul
I grew up in Israel and studied math at the technion. I worked as an ML engineer / EM at a few startups. I like to work on technical problems that involve optimization / planning in an uncertain environment. I have 22 roommates. In my free time, I practice bjj, write short stories and surf.
Afrooz
Currently leads Apple’s Applied Acoustics ML team, building next-gen audio features across the ecosystem. Previously cofounded Syng and served as Head of HomePod Software Engineering, where he helped launch the 2nd-gen HomePod.
Zain
Founder of Eureka, a healthcare company helping patients with chronic conditions get control over their symptoms.
Ani
Ani is the co-founder and Co-CEO of Orbital, building the ZoomInfo for companies selling to SMBs and midmarket. Previously led engineering at Cisco Meraki and held product and GTM roles at Polymail and Tivamo. Background in CS and business from Rice University.
Lucas
As a designer and engineer, I’ve led the development of products across industrial robotics, life sciences automation, an spatial computing. Focused on building human-spatial systems products for the built world.
Perla
Senior SWE interested in fintech, AI and devOps. Currently, diving deep into a few venture-scale idea. Have a co-founder but would love to meet strong individuals to add to our founding team.
Daniel
I'm Daniel, building SaaS for field worker employers. Previously, I worked early product & engineering roles at TikTok, Ramp, and Shop Cider. On the side, I'm a history buff and photographer :)
Toby
16 y/o founder of Beem. Obsessed with computing interfaces
Dwight
Founder, Chairman of Board for Whisper.ai. We are a team of artificial intelligence, hearing care, hardware, and software experts coming together to solve the challenge of providing better hearing.

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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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