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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Samantha
Samantha is a software engineer with previous experience in fintech & AI. She is currently working on projects in the crypto space.
Ben
Ben is Head of Product for Enterprise Solutions at Scale AI, previously co-founder and CEO of Stelo Labs and Rume (YC S20). He began his career as a PM at Google, working on ML ranking and Android system UI.
Suraj
Los Angeles. CS at Dartmouth, Engineering at Thayer. AngelList (Venture) -> now
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.
Allison
Exploring AI-driven storytelling and gaming. I was previously a PM at Meta and Roblox building various social and creator products.
Ross
I’m currently exploring human-in-the-loop AI systems at ROSNIK AI with my longtime friend Nick DiRienzo. In my prior life, I was Head of Product at Observe Inc and a PM at Splunk. In my spare time, you will find me brewing beer, riding my bike, and reading any sci-fi I can get my hands on.
Mike
Building KOAH - Ad network for LLM applications https://koahlabs.com
Matt
Matt is a Principal Scientist at Adobe, focused on building tools for creative work. Previously founded Facet, a content-aware image editing platform, and held engineering roles at Operator and Kinema. With a Ph.D. from Carnegie Mellon, he brings deep expertise in simulation, machine learning, and interactive media.
Sandor
Humanoids In The Wild | Prev. MIT CSAIL, Tesla Optimus
Grey
Founder Fellow 2. Currently building Starlight, the financial OS for web3 teams 💫

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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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