Sherpa.ai
Sherpa (also known as Sherpa.ai) is a Spanish artificial intelligence company specialized in predictive conversational digital assistants. It was founded by Xabi Uribe-Etxebarria in 2012 and is based in Erandio and Silicon Valley. In 2018, Fortune magazine included it in its ranking of the 100 best artificial intelligence companies.[1][2]
Trajectory
The company was created in 2012 with the aim of developing a predictive conversational digital assistant based on artificial intelligence algorithms for different companies, and provide consultancy in artificial intelligence. It is based in Erandio (Vizcaya, Spain) and Silicon Valley (California, United States). In 2016 it obtained 6.5 million dollars in a funding round from Mundi Ventures and other private investors.[3][4][5] By 2019 it obtained, in a second round, 8.5 million dollars.[6] Sherpa is ISO/IEC 27001 certified.[7]
Products
Its first product was a mobile phone application of the same name. Sherpa's products are predictive conversational digital assistants that learn from the user's context to anticipate to their needs. They use 100,000 parameters from each user to answer requests.[8][5] Also, they have developed a multi-purpose recommendation system for news, music, and filtering of important emails.9 10
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References
- ^ elEconomista.es. "Sherpa, inteligencia artificial española para competir contra Amazon y Google - elEconomista.es". www.eleconomista.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-05-16.
- ^ "These 100 Companies Are Leading the Way in A.I." Fortune. Retrieved 2020-05-16.
- ^ Jiménez, Marimar (2019-01-23). "Sherpa capta 7,5 millones y negocia otra ronda de unos 17 millones para este año". Cinco Días (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-05-16.
- ^ "Sherpa, the Spanish personal assistant, launches an API for its predictive AI with Porsche as 1st customer". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2020-05-16.
- ^ a b Morales, Tomás López (2018-05-25). "Siri, ¿cómo es posible que una pyme de Erandio se codee con los grandes de la inteligencia artificial?". EL PAÍS RETINA (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-05-16.
- ^ elEconomista.es. "Sherpa cierra una nueva ronda de financiación por valor de 8,5 millones de dólares - elEconomista.es". www.eleconomista.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-05-16.
- ^ Jiménez, Marimar (2018-06-20). "Inteligencia artificial española para los coches de Porsche… y otros dispositivos". EL PAÍS RETINA (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-05-16.
- ^ "Sherpa.ai, la única española entre las cien más innovadoras en IA". MuyInteresante.es (in Spanish). 2018-12-21. Retrieved 2020-05-16.
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