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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Robert
Robert is the founder of Compound Labs, creator of the Compound Protocol, one of the earliest and most influential decentralized finance (DeFi) platforms.
Grant
Grant is the co-founder and CEO of Gamma, building a new medium for modern business communication. Previously COO at ClearBrain (acquired by Amplitude) and Head of Strategic Finance at Optimizely.
Hongzi
Hongzi is the co-founder of Particle.
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?
Adam
Previously built data platforms & products at Stripe and Bridgewater
Kyle
Founder - Inflight.co, prev design at Airchat, Facebook, Tinder.
Abiel
Co-founder and CTO of Comun, building banking infrastructure to expand financial access for immigrant communities. Previously an early engineer at Brex. Studied computer science at Stanford and is passionate about mission-driven systems that scale.
Harshvardhan
Hey, you can call me Harsh! Founder of Metarch (metarch.ai) & Manifold Research (manifoldrg.com). Previously, AI Research Scientist & Faculty @ Georgia Tech, Peraton/Perspecta Labs, Paperspace ATG, Harvard My aim is to research, build, and commercialize high leverage science and technology to advance human civilization, starting with Next Generation AI.
Rohit
Quantum physicist turned entrepreneur. Now building the optical highway to cosmos.
Christina
Christina is the co-founder and CEO of Vanta, the leading trust management platform for security and compliance. Previously led product for Dropbox Paper, co-founded Nebula Labs, and taught at SVA. Earlier in her career, she was on the investment team at Union Square Ventures.

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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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