South Park Commons

SPC is where companies like Profound begin. Founders James and Dylan met here as members before joining the Founder Fellowship.

Membership applications are open. www.southparkcommons.com/apply

Careers at Profound Join Profound in NYC to revolutionize AI visibility. We're hiring for engineering, data science, and marketing roles to build cutting-edge technology for AI search optimization. Work on AI interpretab...

If you want to join a team that’s defining what “search” means in the AI era, Profund is hiring. www.tryprofound.com/careers

Startups In The Wild!

Step inside Profound: the SPC company growing so fast they opened 2 new offices since we filmed this a few weeks ago.

From PhD to IPO at South Park Commons · Luma What does it take to make the leap from academic research to company building? South Park Commons NYC is convening researchers, engineers, and early-stage…

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How did researchers become the most valuable currency in tech today?

Come find out on 9/24 at South Park Commons NYC.

"From PhD to IPO" with:
- Jonathan Frankle (Chief AI Scientist Databricks via MosiacML)
- Tara Sainath (Co-Lead of Gemeni Audio Google DeepMind)
- Alex Wiltschko (Founder of Osmo)

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Baiju Bhatt helped millions learn to invest through Robinhood.

He’s since taken the leap to aerospace.

Baiju joins Aditya Agarwal to cover what building from first principles looks like the second time around, the true meaning of the American Dream, and more.

Full episode in the comments.

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How do you stay relevant in the age of AI? Gary Vaynerchuk has a few ideas.

Gary joined SPC Principal Dylan Itzikowitz at SPC NYC, covering what it means to build cultural relevancy in 2025, and where AI is taking it next.

Catch the full episode on the Minus One podcast.

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What if every mobile surface was a billboard?

InMobi founder and CEO Naveen Tewari joins SPC partner Prateek Mehta to discuss building a global behemoth from India - one that continues to embrace the ambition of startup mode.

Tune in to the full episode. Link in the comments.

Even better, apply to SPC www.southparkcommons.com/apply

SPC Request for Curiosity, Summer 2025 SPC Request for Curiosity, Summer 2025

Read the full Requests for Curiosity post to see which questions each team member finds most interesting—if you’re exploring any of these questions, we want to hear from you.
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Our official Requests for Curiosity, Summer 2025:

Questions over answers.

We don't have requests for startups. We have requests for curiosity.

Here's what we're most curious about right now. 🔽

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“Design is a visual language for human emotion.”

Soleio, designer of Facebook’s “Like” button and early creative at Facebook & Dropbox, joins Aditya Agarwal on Minus One to discuss intricacies of design, the rise of AI, and what it all means for the future.

Full episode linked in the comments.

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Balaji Srinivasan, former CTO at Coinbase, joins Aditya Agarwal on Minus One to talk through all things founder culture, ingredients for success, and the rise of the Indian startup ecosystem.

From the ebbs and flows of capital, talent, and more–check it out at the links in the comments.

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In this episode, David Baszucki (Roblox’s original “block star”) joined Dylan Itzikowitz at SPC for a dive into the dawn of Roblox, and the ways AI is helping shape a digital world that now welcomes almost 100 million daily users. Links in the comments.

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We explored theories of consciousness, science fiction, and reality with @nealstephenson.bsky.social, @kyliu99.bsky.social, @cyanbanister.bsky.social, and @joscha.bsky.social. Imagine the future with us.

Full discussion in the comments.

YouTube video by South Park Commons The Origin Story of Facebook, Quora & OpenAI | Adam D’Angelo

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Engineers know to listen to Adam D’Angelo. He joined us at SPC to reflect on early days at Facebook, building Quora, his early conviction in a then-struggling OpenAI, and the recursive nature of AI.

Full episode in the comments.

YouTube video by South Park Commons History, AI & Technology’s Shared Trajectory | Niall Ferguson

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In this episode of Minus One, Niall Ferguson joins Aditya Agarwal and @jpbrebner.bsky.social to explore the idea of a civilizational minus one, the rise of AI, and why understanding what lies ahead may require mining the lessons of the past.

Watch the full episode with the link in the comments.

I'm hiring a Storytelling Associate at @southparkcommons.bsky.social!

The SPC community is fully storytelling-pilled. It's the foundational skill of -1 to 0. But we have too many stories to tell. That's where you come in. ⬇️

Why I Backed OpenAI, AGI, & the Zero to One Team | Vinod Khosla Podcast Episode · Minus One · 04/02/2025 · 56m

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A huge thank you to Vinod Khosla for joining our community at SPC.

With Aditya Agarwal hosting the discussion, Vinod, as always, didn’t hold back. Links in the comments.