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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Scott
Scott was a senior engineer at Addepar and studied at Harvard. He was the absolute winner of IOI 2014.
Ram
You can call me Ram. Built & led teams across Google, Apple & Meta. Expertise in Firmware, OS, Wireless, Android. Early stage engineering experience as well.
Rob
into film, computation, writing, social systems. previously founding engineer at substack, founding engineer at fin.com, early team / technical lead at venmo
Dan
CTO + Founder at Goodfire AI. Previously Founding Engineer and Head of AI at RippleMatch.
Afrooz
Currently leads Apple’s Applied Acoustics ML team, building next-gen audio features across the ecosystem. Previously cofounded Syng and served as Head of HomePod Software Engineering, where he helped launch the 2nd-gen HomePod.
Sashank
6+ years of launching games, with experience designing and tuning complex in-game economies. Currently exploring infra to help games & consumer apps scale. Excited to swap learnings around monetizing consumer apps :) (ex-BCG, King, MPL)
Shukan
Currently exploring the future of RPA / workflow automation in the new AI age. Prev Senior-SWE at Doppel / Brex / Level, working across search, payments, & agentic cybersecurity. Love the outdoors and staying active via dance, running, & basketball.
Evgeny
Founder of NeoSplice Therapeutics
Curtis
2020-12-10: • Working on: Electric Capital’s open source developer report (shipped this morning here), recruiting infrastructure for SPC. • Looking for: Nothing at the moment • Ask about: crypto, devtools, fundraising
Timothy
Hi, I'm Tim! I'm currently working on building an AI assistant for institutional investors. Previously I spent just about three years at Facebook and one year at a hedge fund.

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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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South Park Commons
380 Brannan St, San Francisco, CA
© 2026 All rights reserved.