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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Pacssu
Product Design Leader + Builder, Previously VP of Product Design at Ro, Currently tackling loneliness problem for new gen.
Susannah
Susannah works in operations for SPC. Previously, she was a technical recruiter. Prior to that, she competed on the varsity swim team at Dartmouth College.
Yaser
Yaser built professional dashboard on Instagram and now exploring problems in AI and Healthcare
Ashu
Ashu is a product guy with a technical bent. Earlier, he started a wellness startup called 12 labs before joining LinkedIn as a growth product manager. While tinkering on the sides, he found his way into Web3. Currently, working on Helix3 - trying to make the life easier for Solana developers
Gopal
Gopal is an investor with the SPC Fund based out of NYC. Previously, he helped build Retool’s technical GTM team as a deployed engineer. He studied economics, computer science, and poetry at Stanford, where he was also a Mayfield Fellow. In his spare time, he loves playing tennis, skiing, and writing (usually about art).
John
1 molecular biology PhD + 1 decade investigative journalism + 8 years building software for defense and intelligence agencies as head of data science at Primer.ai + founding "Dance Your PhD" = me.
Kalvin
I’m a software engineer interesting in applying SV’s optimism and maker mindset to an especially challenging question: can we build software that helps people feel like they have enough and are enough, instead of amplifying and exploiting our fears of never enough?
Sean
An engineer with a background in robotics and AI. Recently led scenario generation efforts for simulation at Zoox (Autonomous Vehicles). Previously started a govtech company working in criminal justice. Interested in exploring new domains and starting something new.
Shahmeer
Interested in crypto/ML/climate. Engineer. Was prev. at Robinhood (2018-2022)
Mahdi
Angel investing

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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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380 Brannan St, San Francisco, CA
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