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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Jonathan
I'm a founder and software engineer with previous experience in legal tech and consumer products. I've worked at Google, Cisco, and Walmart Labs. I also make music.
Ankit
Ankit is a Principal at South Park Commons, supporting founders from idea to company. Previously led U.S. expansion and growth at Servify and co-founded iService, a consumer device repair and service platform. He brings deep experience in GTM, operations, and cross-border scaling.
Vijay
I'm a Stanford C.S. grad with 25+ years of experience, mostly in gaming but also feature film visual effects and consumer and enterprise software. I love games, teaching, building tools, karaoke, climbing, and fantasy books.
Nagasrikanth
Founder in Robotics & ML. Built Explorer AI, a large-scale mapping platform for autonomous vehicles (acquired by Standard Cognition). On a mission to bring robots 🤖 into everyday life. CMU alum & yoga teacher 🧘🏻‍♂️.
Alex
Former head of go-to-market at Zoox (self-driving startup acquired by Amazon), and ex-management consultant. Interested in the future of mobility, AI/ML, meditation, and book recommendations. Studied Math & CS at Harvey Mudd.
Shruti
Former founder excited to start my next company! My strengths are in Product & Ops. Ex-Google, Ex-Stripe.
Alexandra
Alexandra is the founder of Rubber Ducky Labs (YC W23), building internal tools for recommender systems teams. Alexandra's been a founding member for two MLOps startups (Gantry and SigOpt), and prior to that she worked in fashion tech (Polyvore and Rent the Runway).
Ram
Working on intersection of Hardware x AI. Co-Founder Plate IQ ( YC S15 ) and Automatic Labs ( YC S15 ). I can speak about amortization to both engineers and accountants!
Noah
Noah is an applied AI lead at OpenAI, focused on turning frontier models into real-world impact. Previously co-founded Eureka and led product at Forward after starting out as a software engineer. Former South Park Commons fellow.
Jackson
Founding CEO of Mentor Collective (edtech). Led company to 100s of customers and 4x listings on Inc 5000. Stepped into Chairman role after 10 years and now exploring new 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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