We raised $2.2M to build the AI operating system for external work.

External work (contingent talent, suppliers, services, and now AI agents) has quietly become the majority of how enterprises get things done. It’s a $6.8T market, yet the software meant to run it never caught up. Work you can’t orchestrate becomes cost, risk, and lost control, and as the AI workforce arrives, that gap doesn’t add up, it multiplies.

sherpa is the AI operating system for that work. Every engagement starts the same way, as intent, something that needs doing, and sherpa orchestrates it from there: routing the work down the right path whether it belongs to an internal team, external talent, or an AI agent, then scoping it, governing it, and paying for it, end to end. One platform, one source of truth, for all of it. We’re starting where the pain is sharpest, the external workforce, a $14B+ software market still run on legacy VMS, spreadsheets, and outsourced MSPs.

We didn’t do it alone. We brought in global partners who understand what it takes to take on a legacy category, and investors who have seen, firsthand, what it takes to build an enduring company: Seedcamp, DN Capital, Activant, and Brighteye, alongside operator angels who have scaled companies before and can accelerate everything we learn. They share our conviction that orchestration is the next layer of enterprise software.

This $2.2M pre-seed is about bringing the right team around that vision and bringing our first enterprise deployments to life. If you’re fed up with how your external workforce is managed and you’re seeking a transformation or are eager to build a generational company, get in touch!