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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Marcel
Marcel is the founder of Apache Impala, which he started when he joined Cloudera in 2011 and for which he was the architect/TL until 2017. Before Cloudera, he worked on database technology at Google and several startups. He has a Ph.D. in Computer Science from UC Berkeley.
Zain
Engineer, AI researcher, designer, some hardware stuff too.
Deon
Deon is the Founder and Executive Chairman of Forethought, the leading generative AI platform for customer support automation. Previously served as CEO, scaling the company over seven years. An early engineer at Pure Storage and Dropbox, he brings deep technical expertise to building AI-first enterprise products.
Fangchang
Founder and CEO at Nuance Labs. Previously research scientist and manager at Apple. PhD in Robotics and ML from MIT.
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.
Erin
Erin Cafaro is a two-time Olympic gold medalist in rowing, winning with the U.S. women’s eight team at the 2008 Beijing and 2012 London Games. She is one of the most decorated rowers in U.S. history.
Rui
Engineer and Researcher. Cofounder/CTO of Expedock - Forbes Under 30. Working on something new.
Ashley
Ashley is the co-founder of Momentum.
Audrey
PhD in Lean Construction from UC Berkeley. Builder of big buildings like Tesla's giga factory in Austin TX. Co-founder of Fieldworks AI.
Dhawal
Successful entrepreneur with background in eCommerce, AR, & Ad-Tech. Previously, I co-founded a venture backed startup that resulted in a successful exit to Walmart. I can help on go-to-market plans as well as product-market fit problems

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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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