Xabi Uribe-Etxebarria
Xabi Uribe-Etxebarria Jiménez (Algorta, 1981) is a Spanish entrepreneur in the fields of innovation and Artificial Intelligence. He is founder of Sherpa, Anboto Group, BestFarmers.eco, and Web Summit. As an activist, he promotes both local and global causes and the ethical use of Artificial Intelligence.[1][2] He is a proponent of the Technocratic Oath.[3]
Biography
Education
Uribe-Etxebarria earned a degree in Industrial Engineering and a technical degree in Industrial Engineering (specializing in Electronics) at the University of Deusto.[4] He completed postgraduate studies at MIT Sloan School of Management and at Harvard Business School in the United States, as well as at Tec de Monterrey, and holds a Master in Business Innovation (MBI) from Deusto Business School.[5][6] He also studied Architecture. Uribe-Etxebarria is a member of the entrepreneurship expert network and a mentor at the University of Oxford.[7]
Professional career
In 2009, he founded Anboto Group, a company specializing in online customer service based on natural language processing, recognized as the best startup in the world at Innovate!2010.[8][9]
In 2011, he created Sherpa Summit Bilbao, a gathering in Bilbao where technology experts share knowledge with the next generation of entrepreneurs. The event has featured speakers such as Sir Tim Berners-Lee, Mitchell Baker, Steve Wozniak, and John Sculley.[10][11][12][13]
He has been invited as a speaker at technology conferences such as Web Summit, the 2019 United Nations Climate Change Conference, and the Technological Innovation and Circular Economy Summit.[14][15][16] He has also been invited to the F.ounders forum, considered the “Davos of technology.”[17]
In 2012, he founded Sherpa with the goal of applying Artificial Intelligence to enhance human capabilities. Focused on developing predictive digital assistants and friendly AI, Sherpa was listed among the world’s 100 most innovative AI companies by publications such as Fortune AI 100 and CB Insights in 2018, Analytics Insight in 2019, and Datamation in 2020.[18][19][20] Since its founding, Uribe-Etxebarria has served as the company’s CEO. In 2019, he reached an agreement to bring Tom Gruber (creator of Siri and former director of Apple’s Advanced Research Group) on board at Sherpa.[21][22][23][24]
Awards and Recognitions
- In 2010, he was recognized by MIT Technology Review as one of Spain’s TR35 (top innovators under 35).[25]
- In 2012, he was included in El País Semanal’s “Los 100 del año” as one of the 100 most influential people in the Ibero-American world.[26]
- In 2018 and 2019, he was listed in the Choiseul 100 as one of the leaders of tomorrow under 42 years old.[27][28]
- In 2019, he received the Technology award at Expansión’s “Fuera de Serie Diseño e Innovación 2019.”[29]
Activism
He serves on the board of Fair Saturday, an NGO that promotes cultural activities with social impact.[30][31] Together with chef Eneko Atxa, he created BestFarmers.eco, a project to highlight sustainable producers in the food supply chain.[32][33][34][35] As a collaborator of the Vicente Ferrer Foundation, he traveled to India to give lectures and classes.[36] He is also a mentor for MET Community, an international nonprofit promoting female entrepreneurship.[37]
He was a member of the advisory committee of the World Wide Web Consortium alongside Sir Tim Berners-Lee.[38]
During the COVID-19 crisis in 2020, both Xabi Uribe-Etxebarria and his company Sherpa.ai collaborated pro bono to develop AI software to help avoid ICU overload in the Basque Country.[39][40][41]
Together with neurobiologist Rafa Yuste, he promotes the "Technocratic Oath," modeled on the Hippocratic Oath, which lays out ethical commandments for those working with neurotechnologies and data analysis.[42][43]
See also
References
- ↑ How Sherpa is “Carefully” Positioning Itself at AI’s Predictive Crossroads
- ↑ The restless mind behind the predictive assistant Sherpa
- ↑ The man from Bilbao who makes privacy compatible with AI
- ↑ Xabi Uribe-Etxebarria, Entrepreneurship Expert, University of Oxford – Saïd Business School
- ↑ Intuitive intelligence for artificial assistants – The Buzz Business
- ↑ The restless mind behind the predictive assistant Sherpa
- ↑ Xabi Uribe-Etxebarria, Entrepreneurship Expert, University of Oxford – Saïd Business School
- ↑ Bilbao Hiria: “The competition of Google is from Bilbao”
- ↑ Anboto, named world’s best startup – Expansión
- ↑ ELMUNDO: “Wozniak believes technology has improved interpersonal relationships”
- ↑ Sherpa Summit Bilbao, a business opportunity for mobile entrepreneurs – elEconomista
- ↑ Tim Berners-Lee at Bilbao Web Summit – UCLG Digital Cities
- ↑ The restless mind behind the predictive assistant Sherpa
- ↑ ABC: “Web Summit floods Lisbon with 65,000 attendees: sustainability and ‘Blade Runner’”
- ↑ ALnavío: “Confirmed Barack Obama’s presence on July 6 in Madrid”
- ↑ Revista Byte TI: “AI key to environmental objectives”
- ↑ Club Influencers: “Xabi Uribe-Etxebarria, the Spaniard who will change Silicon Valley from Bilbao”
- ↑ SHERPA.AI named one of the world’s top 100 AI companies – DCD Media
- ↑ Analytics Insight: “Top 100 Artificial Intelligence Companies of 2019”
- ↑ Datamation: “10 Leading Artificial Intelligence Companies”
- ↑ El País: “Spanish company Sherpa hires Siri creator”
- ↑ Expansión: “Sherpa hires Siri creator Tom Gruber”
- ↑ La Vanguardia: “Spanish startup Sherpa hires Siri creator Tom Gruber”
- ↑ Cinco Días: “Spanish Sherpa hires one of Siri’s creators”
- ↑ MIT Technology Review: “Innovators under 35: Xabier Uribe-Etxebarria, 30”
- ↑ [El País Semanal, December 23, 2012: “Los 100 del año. Protagonistas del mundo iberoamericano 2012”]
- ↑ Choiseul Institute Spain: “Choiseul 100 Economic Leaders for Tomorrow”
- ↑ Choiseul 100: “Economic Leaders of Tomorrow 2019”
- ↑ Expansión: “Fuera de Serie Diseño e Innovación 2019”
- ↑ Fair Saturday Foundation Board
- ↑ El País: “Culture against Black Friday”
- ↑ Apicius: “Bestfarmers.eco, the project for producers by Eneko Atxa and Xabi Uribe-Etxebarria”
- ↑ Cinco Días: “In search of the world’s best farmers”
- ↑ El Español: “Meet the world’s best producers with Bestfarmers”
- ↑ Euskal Irrati Telebista: “Bestfarmers, new project by Atxa to showcase top producers”
- ↑ Vicente Ferrer Foundation: “Xabi Uribe-Etxebarria collaborates with FVF on visit to Anantapur”
- ↑ MET Community: “Mentors”
- ↑ Europa Press: “Internet’s ‘fathers’ to debate web’s future in Spain May 2011”
- ↑ Innovadores: “AI and predictive analytics against COVID-19”
- ↑ Cinco Días: “Sherpa helps Basque Government predict future ICU needs with AI”
- ↑ RTVE: “AI against coronavirus to predict ICU occupancy”
- ↑ El País: “The man from Bilbao who makes privacy compatible with AI”
- ↑ TELOS: “We Are All Part of Change,” December 2020
External links
- The next generation of digital assistants get personal. Video of Xabi Uribe-Etxebarria’s talk at Web Summit 2018.
- RTVE: Interview on AI development to predict COVID-19 behavior and ICU needs, May 9, 2020.
- TELOS December 2020: “AI is and must be a complement, not a substitute for humans”.