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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Aloke
https://mecheng.iisc.ac.in/project/aloke-kumar/
Warren
Warren was previously a Partner at Sequoia Capital where he worked shoulder-to-shoulder with founders to build large, enduring businesses.
Ying
After spending 12 years as a public market investor at hedge funds, I am now building AI assistant for institutional investors.
Adam
I'm excited about manufacturing (CAD, robotics, etc), and new ways of building backend services. Previously at Facebook, Oculus, and a startup building radiology software. Lives with my wife and 3 kids in Piedmont, CA.
Arjun
Diving into the post-purchase CX space for hardware companies. Currently, business analyst at McKinsey. Formerly, software and product at Uber, startups. BS, MS in Computer Science from Columbia
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
Dinkar
Previously, Director of Product at Meta and enthusiastic about applications of AI
Shruti
Former founder excited to start my next company! My strengths are in Product & Ops. Ex-Google, Ex-Stripe.
Rajat
Built and scaled B2B SaaS + Marketplace in manufacturing to $200M (Tiger Global, Alphawave). Bootstrapped a land records solution for financial institutions. IIT Bombay, IIM Ahmedabad alumnus. Always learning and sometimes earning.
Jonathan
Jonathan is the Head of Design at Eigen Labs and co-founder of VectorDAO, working at the intersection of crypto, design, and product. Previously led design teams at Coinbase.

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What our members do


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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380 Brannan St, San Francisco, CA
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380 Brannan St, San Francisco, CA
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