Meet the team leading Privacy-Preserving Artificial Inteligence
Sherpa.ai, based in Bilbao and Silicon Valley, is the leading company in Privacy-Preserving Artificial Intelligence. With a multi-sector experience team capable of identifying and defining use cases that improve the bottom line of its clients.
Leadership

Xabi Uribe-Etxebarria
Founder & CEO of Sherpa.ai
MIT Technology Review TR35.

Joanna Hoffman
Former marketing executive at Apple, NeXT and General Magic.

Tom Gruber
Co-founder and former CTO of Siri.
Former Head of Siri Advanced Development Group at Apple.

Alex Cruz
Former Chairman and CEO of British Airways.

Rajeev Singh-Molares
Founding Partner Alma Mundi Ventures.
Former President Alcatel-Lucent Asia-Pacific.

Marcelo Gigliani
Managing Partner at Apax Digital.

Doug Solomon
Former Chief Strategy Officer at Apple.
Former CTO of IDEO.

Chris Shipley
Technology Analyst and Strategist.
Former DEMO Conference Producer.
Xabi Uribe-Etxebarria is the consummate entrepreneur: technologist, salesman, leader, and a man of boundless energy. He has assembled a team of PhDs and engineers that is simply fearless in tackling seemingly intractable problems in UI and Artificial Intelligence. Their talent and accomplishments continue to impress me every day
Joanna Hoffman
Former Marketing Executive at Apple, NeXT and General Magic


Recognition
and international awards

B Intelligence Awards
Winner 2022 · Artificial Intelligence Excellence Award

Digital Talent
Winner 2022 · Digital Leader to Xabi Uribe-Etxebarria

Red Herring Europe
Winner 2022

CognitionX
Winner 2021 · Outstanding Contribution to Tech Regulation

KPMG
Winner 2021 · Private Enterprise Tech Innovator

AI TECH AWARDS
Winner 2021 · BEST IN AI-AS-A-SERVICE Sherpa.ai Privacy-Preserving Platform

CognitionX
Finalist 2021 · Best Innovation in Data Protection and Privacy

CognitionX
Finalist 2021 · Best Covid-19 innovation

TOP AI 100
Winner 2020

The Best 10 AI
Winner 2020

CognitionX
Finalist 2020 · Best Innovation in Data Protection and Privacy

CognitionX
Finalist 2020 · Tech for Society

Red Herring Europe
Winner 2019

The Best 45 AI
Winner 2019

Analytics Insight
Winner 2019

AI Breakthrough
Best Intelligent Personal Assistant 2019

Global Business Insight
Winner 2019

Red Herring Global
Winner 2018

Seal of Excellence
Winner 2018

AIconics
Finalist 2018

Telecom Council
Class of 2018

CB Insights AI 100
Winner 2018

Red Herring Europe
Winner 2017

Best App Award
Winner 2017

White Bull Award
Winner 2017

CognitionX
Finalist 2017

Top Digital 50
Winner 2016