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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Jonathan
I make apps people ❤️. formerly cofounder @Timehop, built an entertainment company on top of airpods (http://pairplayapp.com) and the Lumo drawing iPad app + built http://ExitstrategyNYC.com + former designer @Snapchat
Andreas
Andreas is the co-founder and COO of Pulley, building the first dedicated platform for construction permitting. Previously served as Chief of Staff at Procore and led strategy at Honest Buildings (acquired by Procore).
Rahul
Hi everyone! I'm working on Doppel -- we're building trust & safety software to help detect NFT counterfeits. I'm really excited about the NFT space and all of the challenging problems that need to be solved to help it grow.
Kun
Serial Entrepreneur, Autonomy Enthusiast, autonomous driving and robotics background.
Shruti
Former founder excited to start my next company! My strengths are in Product & Ops. Ex-Google, Ex-Stripe.
Brent
Brent is an investor and advisor to data startups. Previously he co-founded SafeGraph and helped the company grow to over $20M ARR. Brent was also on the founding team of Siftery (acquired by G2Crowd) and early team of LiveRamp (NYSE: RAMP). He holds B.S. in MS&E and M.B.A. from Stanford University.
Jaclyn
Jaclyn worked at Alphabet for 7 years in a variety of operational roles. She helped launch Google Helpouts (a consumer marketplace to deliver expertise over live video) and most recently worked at CapitalG helping portfolio companies scale.
Damon
Software engineer & technical leader in Games. I've worked in the industry for 15 years at studios ranging from my own startup to AAA. If you're interested in the games space hit me up.
Srinath
Srinath is the CEO and co-founder of Regie.ai, building AI-native tools for enterprise content creation. Previously co-founded Onera and was a founding engineer at BloomReach. A Carnegie Mellon PhD in algorithms, he’s spent two decades pushing forward NLP, search, and AI product infrastructure.
Deborah
Cofounder & CEO at Sparrow - the first high-tech, high-touch employee leave management solution making it simple for companies to provide employee leave throughout North America. We're making employee leave stress-free for companies like Figma, Plaid, and Headspace Health.

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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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