# Sherpa.ai

> <p><strong>Known for:</strong> Bilbao-based, founded 2012 by Xabier Uribe-Etxebarria. Privacy-preserving federated-learning platform — lets organisations train AI models on data without that data leaving the customer's premises. Customers include Telefónica, Vodafone, Repsol, BBVA. European answer to American privacy-preserving-ML startups (DataFleets, OpenMined). Sherpa's federated-learning tech is structurally aligned with EU data sovereignty rules.</p>

https://www.sherpa.ai