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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Arushi
Previously Computer Science @ Stanford University and Infrastructure @ Reddit; interested in AI / ML applications in creative technology and artistic marketplaces, security and infrastructure engineering, improving productivity for builders, composition and sound design
Scott
Building Elevate, AI-powered data management for private equity-backed roll-ups
Mike
Founded Skip (YC W18) now working on something new. Terrestrial and Internet Explorer.
Jameson
I build companies that make complex things simple. I'm the Co-Founder of Strut Motors and former founder of Fantasmo, acquired by TIER Mobility. I love the intersection of emerging technologies, applied research and consumer.
Tong
Co-Founder & CEO of hologram.xyz. Previously 0x (Matcha), robotics, Penn, and freelance photography.
Samesh
Exploring ideas in consumer AI (companions/new forms of entertainment). Prev: Applied ML @ Microsoft Research Labs, Founding eng at Footium.club. Undergrad @ BITS Pilani. Builder at heart.
Erin
Erin Cafaro is a two-time Olympic gold medalist in rowing, winning with the U.S. women’s eight team at the 2008 Beijing and 2012 London Games. She is one of the most decorated rowers in U.S. history.
Ben
Founder and Engineer building the AI copilot for medication prior auth. Previously Co-founder and Head of Engineering at Rupa Health. British 🇬🇧 and an improv comedian 🤣
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
Benjamin
I spent the last 8 years at Stripe, where I was the founding engineer on Stripe Terminal, drove the acquisition of Index, and post-launch led integration experience and global expansion for the Terminal product. I've run teams large (50) and small, led mobile strategy across Stripe with @shreyas as my mentor, and spent the last 2 years working on Stripe Connect. I'm so excited to be building something new with Rob Cheung, who I met at Venmo.

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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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