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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Gobi
Human-AI. Travel (47 countries, 41 states). Did Stanford BSCS [AI Track] in 2Y (7 quarters) and MSCS [AI+HCI] → Digital Nomad → Northwestern PhD [HCI+CSEd]. Did student startup ldtalentwork.com ($1M gross sales, 100+ customers including Infosys/Baidu).
David
Thinking about fintech and UX for autonomous features. Experience building at scale for backend, web and mobile. Ex Coinbase.
Prateek
I’m a repeat founder and systems thinker drawn to high-consequence problems. I’ve built across domains - from health-tech, music-tech to insurtech - most recently co-founding Vouch | FairDee, which merged with Qoala in 2020. As Group CTO, I helped scale the company from <$20M to $270M+ in GWP, leading product and engineering through acquisition, international expansion, and $100M+ in funding. I’ve lived the 0 to 1 chaos - bootstrapped, pivoted, shut down, merged, and scaled. Along the way, I’ve developed a deep bias for velocity, lean teams, and designing for feedback. Right now, I’m building a product that helps high-performing teams collaborate with AI agents - augmenting their playbooks without breaking them. I call it “Get Shit Done” :)
Amit
M.S. Biomedical Engineering; Experience in Computational Biology, Data Science and Product Development; Past Founder: IntelliGene (serving NCI designated cancer centers; acquired by Invitae); Past Experience: ORIEN Cancer Hospital Network, Merck, Invitae, Rosetta
Ben
Ben graduated from UIUC with a thesis in high-available compute. He is a full-stack engineer from the transistor to the user-interface with 25 years of experience building Silicon, SaaS, and datacenters at IBM, AMD, and Tesla.
Brian
Brian is a software engineer at Stainless, previously at Anthropic where he helped launch Claude.ai and unify API infrastructure. He previously co-founded Kenchi and led key product lines at Stripe, including Stripe Connect.
Sai
Prev. Insurance Broker, Auditor, and VC Product Manager. Currently building in Insurance x AI!
Zack
Zack is founder of ClearMotion, where he led the company from first prototypes of its proactive ride system to over $1B in global automotive sales. His background bridges deep tech, software, and real-world systems. He’s now focused on building at the frontier of robotics, physical simulation, and applied AI— working to create the next generation of platforms that shape how we interact with the world.
Ev
Co-founder of Moai.cash, building crypto-native financial infrastructure on Telegram.
Jaclyn
Jaclyn worked at Alphabet for 7 years in a variety of operational roles. She helped launch Google Helpouts (a consumer marketplace to deliver expertise over live video) and most recently worked at CapitalG helping portfolio companies scale.

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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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