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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Alex
Engineering Manager at Stainless, leading the Apps team. Previously founded Interval (acquired by Meter), helping developers build better internal tools with 10x less code. . Ask ChatGPT
Ben
Co-Founder, CEO at Transcend, the data infrastructure powering your privacy rights at your favorite brands. Formerly Computer Science at Harvard.
Raghav
Software engineer and technical leader. Formerly: co-founded lightpage.com, led the AI engineering team at Airtable to first public launch, led internal deployment of Presto at Meta. Masters in distributed systems from Princeton.
Tyler
Founder of Perfectly Imperfect, Ex-Meta Engineer, College Dropout, Occasional DJ, and Open-Source Developer.
Kartik
Technologist with deep expertise in hardware R&D and AI/ML. Skilled in computational modeling, simulations, and statistical analyses. Focused on leveraging SoTA AI/ML to build AI-native enterprise solutions that drive innovation and efficiency
Nathan
Co-founder @ Post Perception, improving our ability to measure and manage the physical world. Previously: Software @ Humane, Meta, NVIDIA, Eyefluence (acq. Google). Background in cameras and embedded systems. Proud parent of a Lego-obsessed toddler.
Tom
ex-DeepMind researcher interested in interpretability, data curation & foundation models (especially in new domains)
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.
Robert
Robert is the founder of Compound Labs, creator of the Compound Protocol, one of the earliest and most influential decentralized finance (DeFi) platforms.
Shreyaans
Applied Physicist by profession, built quantum systems, specifically for superconducting qubits. Returned back to India to contribute to Indian space mission. Now building the backbone of space based optical quantum communication.

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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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