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
Michelle
Michelle Lu co-founded Viralspace.ai, an AI for Ad Creative company that achieved 7-figure revenue and an 8-figure exit. There, she built performance prediction and recommendation systems, and enterprise-grade generative AI creative tools (25B+ creative variants/month) for some of the most iconic brands in the world. Before that, she studied Product Design (MechE) at Stanford and conducted research in design and neurobiology. She loves all things creative (art, music, design, fashion, ballet), AI, and HCI.
K
Designer, Tinkerer and a Gamer. Currently building games during my sabbatical and exploring ideas to build a business around gaming,.
Sanchit
Graduated from IIIT-Delhi, started career as founding employee at Zenatix, an IoT startup, contributing to its acquisition by Schneider Electric. Have worked at various stages of startups and scaled orgs like Apna Jobs and Microsoft. Enjoy building product driven tech. Also love science fiction and recently AI content generation.
Michael
I'm working with Bao Van to build a future of work startup, tackling skilled talent shortages. You can find me at a Barry's class or the newest trending TikTok restaurant.
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.
Sofiane
I spent 14 years at Apple, most recently leading the Proactive Intelligence Experience Group, where I worked on integrating intelligence and personalization into the core of iOS and macOS. Now exploring new ideas in the AI developer tools and computer-use agents space. I’m originally from France (happy to argue about the best croissant in town), a classic car nerd restoring a few vintage machines. Fun fact, I also teach autobody at City College. Excited to be part of this community and would love to connect with as many of you as possible!
Tremaine
Tre is the co-founder of Vori, an OS for the grocery industry. Previously, he was co-founder at Greo (YCS17), a video social network for meaningful conversations (Top 40 on app store). Previously design @ Google & Mozilla, and built a nationally recognized education non-profit.
Tuhin
Co-founder of Baseten, building infrastructure to deploy and serve machine learning models at scale. Previously co-founded Shape and worked on ML at Gumroad and Skulpt.
Kushal
Exploring GenAI applications and agentic workflows. Former Head of Data and Analytics at Jiocinema and Disney+ Hotstar. Expertise in Data Platforms, Video Engineering, and Infrastructure

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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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