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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Keshav
Currently thinking about how people learn with AI; previously studied causal inference and machine learning at Stanford. Hacker at heart. Learning how to play squash and piano.
Archit
I'm a problem-solver, excited to solve real-world problems using large foundational AI Models. I've worked at Meta, Google and Waymo on AI research and applied AI. I am currently exploring ways to build the AI-powered future of human-computer interaction.
Tin
ML Research and BCI, Cofounder of Axion
Matthew
PhD in RL, building new ways of using RL + LLMs
Rohit
co-founder @ frisson labs ex - riot, msft go bears
Ashley
Ashley is the co-founder of Momentum (Acq. Salesforce).
Audrey
PhD in Lean Construction from UC Berkeley. Builder of big buildings like Tesla's giga factory in Austin TX. Co-founder of Fieldworks AI.
Aj
2nd time founder / Former head of ML at an AI startup (Hirefly) Build AI for eCommerce brands
Franck
Engineering leader with deep expertise in Web3 and large scale infrastructure. - VP of eng. at a DeFi crypto startup (Origin Protocol). Built smart contracts handling hundreds of millions of dollars. - Built search infra from ground up at Dropbox pre-IPO as tech lead. - Founded and managed the team that built the first Content ID system at YouTube pre Google acquisition. - Early engineer at PayPal, TLM for the Merchant facing engineering team
Lucas
As a designer and engineer, I’ve led the development of products across industrial robotics, life sciences automation, an spatial computing. Focused on building human-spatial systems products for the built world.

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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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