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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Germain
Germain is a franco-american who studied philosophy, volunteered with Doctors without Borders, founded 2 start-ups and helped scale Chargebee from $0.5M to $100M+. He is working with Franck on the next big thing. Germain is a father and a husband.
Lakshman
I'm one of those true believers in crypto you might've read about. Building a 10 year career in the space. Currently focused on building out Ethereum 2.0 at the Ethereum Foundation. I write here: https://www.lakshmansankar.com/#/
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.
Devang
I'm a tinkerer with interested in transforming complex challenges across hardware, software, AI in different domains. I have built products around different domains including finance, HR and databases - and lead talented engineers, designers and data scientists in creating impactful solutions. I thrive at the bleeding edge—converting research breakthroughs into practical innovations. My passion lies in building technically ambitious products that reshape industries. Always seeking like-minded collaborators ready to create meaningful impact through technology.
Shobhit
Swiss army knife. Deeply interested in technology and business. Working with Conversational AI.
Remi
Remi is currently a web3 founder fellow at SPC. Previously, Remi worked as a software engineer at Google and Microsoft, was the founding member of a Defi protocol (Parallel Finance - raised seed and Series A), and has a complementary background in product management and venture capital.
Hailun
Helen led product design teams at Facebook and Cruise and specialized in designing consumer and business products. She is exploring new ideas with her co-founder.
Priya
Aspiring Founder. I want to make things better using technology, typography, and color. ex-Apple.
Jeffrey
Jeffrey is interested in climate, reversing the digitalization of identity, and, somewhat reluctantly, crypto. Previously, Jeffrey was a software engineer at Plaid and a student at Harvard (CS/Philosophy 2019). Also, please go surfing with him.
Henrik
Impact focused product leader with a passion for design and technology. During my career I've built companies and products from zero to one as well as been through scaling as an operator and executive.

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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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