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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Arushi
Previously Computer Science @ Stanford University and Infrastructure @ Reddit; interested in AI / ML applications in creative technology and artistic marketplaces, security and infrastructure engineering, improving productivity for builders, composition and sound design
Charles
Charles Bai is a healthcare entrepreneur with experience across provider, intermediary, broker, and payor levels. He is focused on identifying critical inefficiencies in the US healthcare system to drive transformative improvements in health outcomes.
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.
Aaron
Founder of Hyper Online, a leading avatar content creation platform used by streamers across TikTok, Twitch, and Steam. Previously a product designer at Facebook and Cash App, where he helped launch key features and co-invented four patents. Advisor to dYdX.
Thomas
Previously was at Ramp, ready to build!
Michael
Michael Lai's six word story is “failed professional athlete, striving education entrepreneur.” He is currently building Tinycare, a network of micro daycares aiming to fix the childcare crisis. Previously, he built Promise, a nonprofit venture studio for early childhood development, Minerva Project, Google.org, and competed on Harvard's varsity golf team (where he was decidedly NOT the next Tiger Woods). His passion for education starts from the classroom — 6 years volunteer teaching preschool, elementary, and middle school.
Yusuf
I like to build time machines! I'm a software engineer with experience computer vision research and developer tools. I'm currently founding NatML, building cross-platform machine learning and media tools for developing interactive software.
Naman
Engineer. Curious. Recently did my 5K run, soon 10K. Vipaasna practitioner. code, books, paint & fun. Recently cofounded and was CEO of DoWhileAI (Sequoia Surge9). ex-Coinbase, Goldman and Walmart. IIT Roorkee 2017. ICPC Regionals. Explore hardware. Want to explore acting!
Sara
Previously, I managed product & engineering at Scale AI, where I worked on recommendations, trust & safety, data quality and image/video labeling. Before that, I worked at Facebook & Twitter, and studied computer science at Carnegie Mellon.
Shivam
Hey there! I’m Shivam, Co-founder of SurgeGrowth, building B2B SaaS, a monetization co-pilot. I enjoy open discussions and love to chat about modern tech and tools, and the art of turning ideas into scalable solutions !

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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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