What SF is betting on: Fireside chat with Andrew Zbytek - the first Czech to join South Park Commons

What do the founders of Cursor, Kalshi and Wispr Flow have in common with Andrew Zbytek? Ali Partovi from Neo VC led their pre-seed round.

Andrew had two exits before thirty (Nuledo → CERN, ČEZ Dukovany; Plantee → Agro CS) and launched the first agritech fund in Central Europe (€60M).

As a first Czech, he joined South Park Commons - the most selective product creator community in the US, founded by early Facebook and Dropbox engineers and home to fireside chats with guests like Sam Altman. They accept just around 1% of those who apply.

He met his co-founder there, and two weeks later, he had a company and closed an extraordinary pre-seed investment round. That's how fast San Francisco moves.

How is building a startup different in SF, and why does Europe keep losing the race on speed?

And the harder question underneath - what's even worth building? Andrew sits where that's argued every day, with hottest insights from OpenAI and Anthropic. Now he's bringing the signal back.