South Park Commons

We don't have requests for startups—we have requests for curiosity. Here are the most interesting questions we're exploring right now.

Amazing energy at South Park Commons Bangalore last night - great crowd and conversations ‘On Exploration’ with Aditya Agarwal Amazing set of builders asking great questions to make the AMA come alive!

You never know who you'll meet at SPC! Last night we hosted a co-founder mixer with next play & Brex (under Chatham House Rule & confidential, of course). It's always exciting to see such a range of interests, talents & ideas all in one room. Looking forward to the next one! Thanks so much to Dan Schreter, Ben Lang, Phil Chen & other members of the SPC NYC team (Dylan Itzikowitz, Michael N.) for help pulling this off!

When we talk to prospective members of South Park Commons, we don't ask "What is your company idea" but instead "What are you curious about?" The difference matters, especially in -1 to 0. One leaves room for fractal possibility, the other pushes for unearned certainty. Some questions I am personally noodling on: 1/ How will we develop and manage software in a world of 10x-100x more code? The world in 5 years is likely to contain 1-2 orders of magnitude more code—a large amount of it AI-generated. In that world, what does SDLC (software development life cycle) look like? 2/ How will we manage an agentic workforce? In the near future, businesses will likely manage a set of AI agentic employees. You will have agents for customer service, sales, HR, accounting etc. It is likely that a lot of these agents will be provided by different companies. 3/ Where are the co-pilots and agents for Technical Operations / NOC / SRE work? We have seen a tremendous amount of activity in the codegen space. Why hasn't there been equivalent interest in Technical Operations or Network Operations Center? 4/ What will the next generation of foundation models look like? It's easy to assume that innovation in foundation models is now rate limited on compute and data applied to current architectures. However, we believe there are opportunities to make architectural advances that lead to different configurations of performance vs. compute vs. data requirements. 5/ What is the Drone software stack going to look like? Drones are poised to play a transformative role in both industrial applications and defense. While there's significant work to be done in nearshoring drone hardware production, our focus lies on the potential structure of the drone software stack. One of the coolest things about SPC is getting a view of what the most talented founders are exploring. You get to see the questions that come before the next great companies. We don't have requests for startups—we have requests for curiosity. If these or similar questions interest you, get in touch!

Anyone who knows me, knows I am an extremely collaborative person, which why I've been so curious about the lack of multi-player AI interfaces being built. If you'd like to learn more about the questions everyone else at South Park Commons have, read our "Request for Curiosity" in the blog in the comments! If you're exploring any of these questions, please reach out!

Explore the future of therapy with Jimini Health this week as they host important conversations on how LLMs + AI will change this space. RSVP below. LLMs In Mental Health: Emerging Trends on Tuesday 11/19 in SF Why AI Augmented Therapy Will Change Your Life on Thursday 11/21 in NYC

5 Palantir alumni described the company's culture to Aditya Agarwal in 2 words. It got interesting. The best startups aren't afraid to go rogue.

If you're a work in progress—if you're figuring out what's next—if you're building conviction in an idea—if you're in -1 to 0—now's the time to apply to South Park Commons.

If not being in the room where it happens feels like a personal insult, you probably will hate the corporate world. But you might make a great founder. Chief co-founder and prolific brand storyteller Lindsay Kaplan explains why in our latest Minus One episode.

A few weeks ago, a group of Palantir alums got together and talked about lessons learned from building companies. I thought the talk was fascinating, so I wrote a few notes. Thanks to Aditya Agarwal, Shreya M., Cobi B., Akshay Krishnaswamy, Arda Kara, and Barry McCardel for the fascinating session, and to South Park Commons / Dylan Itzikowitz for hosting. Link to the post in comments.