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title: "Sherpa: AI company profile, people and coverage"
description: "Sherpa is a Spanish artificial intelligence company specializing in predictive conversational digital assistants. It was founded by Xabi Uribe-Etxebarria in 2012 and is based in Erandio and Silicon Valley."
canonical: https://monitor.paciva.ai/company-sherpa
type: Organization
wikidata: Q78212230
wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sherpa.ai
website: https://www.sherpa.ai
source: AI News Monitor
publisher: Paciva
license: CC BY 4.0 for this page's own layer; facts from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
---

# Sherpa

> Sherpa is a Spanish artificial intelligence company specializing in predictive conversational digital assistants. It was founded by Xabi Uribe-Etxebarria in 2012 and is based in Erandio and Silicon Valley.

Read on the web: https://monitor.paciva.ai/company-sherpa

## Facts

- Category: Artificial intelligence
- Country: Spain
- Founded: 2012-01-01
- Headquarters: Erandio
- Status: private
- Website: https://www.sherpa.ai
- Also known as: Sherpa.ai
- Industries: software industry

## Key people

- Xabi Uribe-Etxebarria, founder (Spanish businessman)
- Xabi Uribe-Etxebarria, chief executive (Spanish businessman), since 2012-01-01
- Joanna Hoffman (American computer developer)
- Tom Gruber (American computer scientist)

## Coverage on the Monitor

Every article, podcast, video and market the Monitor holds on Sherpa, dated and linked to its publisher: https://monitor.paciva.ai/company-sherpa#connections

## Sources

- Facts: Wikidata (CC0 1.0), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q78212230, read 2026-11-11
- Summary: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sherpa.ai

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