<s>
Sherpa	O
(	O
also	O
known	O
as	O
Sherpa.ai	B-General_Concept
)	O
is	O
a	O
Spanish	O
artificial	B-Application
intelligence	I-Application
company	O
specialized	O
in	O
predictive	O
conversational	O
digital	O
assistants	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2018	O
,	O
Fortune	O
magazine	O
included	O
it	O
in	O
its	O
ranking	O
of	O
the	O
100	O
best	O
artificial	B-Application
intelligence	I-Application
companies	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
company	O
was	O
created	O
in	O
2012	O
with	O
the	O
aim	O
of	O
developing	O
a	O
predictive	O
conversational	O
digital	O
assistant	O
based	O
on	O
artificial	B-Application
intelligence	I-Application
algorithms	O
for	O
different	O
companies	O
,	O
and	O
provide	O
consultancy	O
in	O
artificial	B-Application
intelligence	I-Application
.	I-Application
</s>
<s>
Its	O
first	O
product	O
was	O
a	O
mobile	B-Application
phone	I-Application
application	I-Application
of	O
the	O
same	O
name	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
are	O
free	O
applications	O
for	O
Smartphones	B-Application
and	O
tablets	O
(	O
Sherpa	O
Assistant	O
and	O
Sherpa	O
News	O
)	O
with	O
over	O
three	O
million	O
downloads	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
also	O
factory-preset	O
on	O
Samsung	B-Application
smartphones	B-Application
as	O
the	O
default	O
digital	O
assistant	O
until	O
the	O
Korean	O
company	O
launched	O
Bixby	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Focused	O
on	O
business	O
services	O
,	O
its	O
assistants	O
and	O
its	O
operating	B-General_Concept
system	I-General_Concept
are	O
embedded	O
in	O
cars	O
,	O
smartphones	B-Application
,	O
home	O
speakers	O
or	O
appliances	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
has	O
agreements	O
with	O
companies	O
such	O
as	O
Porsche	O
and	O
Samsung	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
2018	O
,	O
Sherpa	O
had	O
35	O
employees	O
,	O
most	O
of	O
whom	O
were	O
experts	O
in	O
artificial	B-Application
intelligence	I-Application
and	O
many	O
of	O
them	O
with	O
PhDs	O
in	O
mathematics	O
and	O
other	O
disciplines	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Tom	O
Gruber	O
,	O
co-founder	O
and	O
former	O
CTO	O
of	O
Siri	B-Application
,	O
joined	O
Sherpa	O
's	O
working	O
group	O
in	O
2019	O
.	O
</s>
