Autonomous External Workforce Management
Meet sherpa AI at CWS Summit Europe. Royal Lancaster Hotel, London.
The nature of work has changed. The tools haven't.
Work was local, centralized. VMS platforms built to log temp workers for payroll. Strategies lasted decades.
Non-core work pushed to suppliers and freelancers. MSPs emerged to manage the complexity. Most external spend hidden inside SOWs.
Skills and projects shift in real time. AI agents execute meaningful work alongside humans. Work is shifting to outcome-based delivery.
Three things we hear in every first conversation.
External workforce programs still run on emails, spreadsheets, and human coordination layers. Every handoff slows the process.
Every engagement differs — by worker type, supplier, country, and compliance rules. Legacy VMS platforms force these realities into fixed workflows.
Once work begins, most programs lack the capacity to actively manage delivery. Rates drift, scope expands, invoices no longer match.
The Platform
One platform. Every worker type.
Even the ones you don't manage today.
Contingent Labor
Source, engage, and manage temporary workers end-to-end — faster and at a fraction of today's coordination cost.
Freelancer / IC
Engage independent professionals on a compliant B2B basis with automated classification, contracting, and payment.
SOW / Services
Manage supplier-delivered projects and services with full scope, milestone, and deliverable tracking — the spend your VMS can't touch.
AI Agents
Coming SoonGovern, scope, and pay for autonomous AI systems performing work — the next worker type enterprises will need to manage.
How sherpa AI Works
Capture engagement requirements through a structured intake flow
AI determines the right worker type and engagement model
Automated checks against regulatory and policy requirements
Connect to the optimal supplier, freelancer, or AI agent
Monitor delivery, track spend, and manage outcomes in real time
See sherpa AI in Action
Hi! I'm sherpa AI. Ready to classify a role? →
Today's stack vs. sherpa AI
| Today's VMS + MSP | sherpa AI | |
|---|---|---|
| End-to-end process | Manual processes and human coordination | Autonomous agents running end-to-end |
| Program cost | 3–5% of spend under management | A fraction, customized to your business case |
| Spend coverage | Contingent + freelance only | All human and agentic labor |
| Compliance | Manual checks and static reporting | Continuous, autonomous, and collaborative |
| Adoption | Low — heavy change management | High — meets users where they work |
| Time to engage | Weeks | Days |
| Visibility | Partial, delayed reporting | Real-time, full external workforce |
Step Away From the Chaos
We're in the lobby of the Royal Lancaster. Let us buy you a coffee (or something stronger). 15 minutes, no slides, no pitch deck. Just a conversation about what's actually broken in your external workforce program and whether there's a better way.
Meet the Team
Go-to-market and product. A decade in enterprise software across Europe and the US — focused on the intersection of procurement, talent, and AI.
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