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Ian Hogarth

Ian Hogarth is an investor and entrepreneur. He co-founded Songkick in 2007[1] and Plural Platform in 2021.[2] Hogarth is the current Chair of the UK Government's AI Foundation Model Taskforce, which conducts artificial intelligence safety research.

Education

Hogarth attended Dulwich College, before studying information engineering at the University of Cambridge. He later specialised in machine learning during his Masters.[3][4][5] Hogarth also spent time at Tsinghua University in Beijing, learning Mandarin Chinese.[5]

Entrepreneurship and investing

Songkick

Hogarth founded the live music startup Songkick with friends Michelle You and Pete Smith in 2007. This was part of the 2007 Y Combinator program in Boston. Hogarth and his fellow Songkick co-founders were named to Inc. magazine's 30-under-30 list in 2010.[6] The same year, Hogarth won the British Council’s UK Young Music Entrepreneur of the Year award.[7] He was also named one of Forbes magazine's 2012 music 30-under-30.[8]

In 2013, Songkick launched Detour, a crowdfunding platform for concerts.[9]

In June 2015, Songkick announced its merger with direct ticket vendor CrowdSurge and a $16.6m Series C investment round. Hogarth became co-CEO of the combined company, alongside Matt Jones, the former CrowdSurge CEO.[10]

Silicon Milkroundabout

In 2010, Hogarth and Songkick COO Pete Smith founded Silicon Milkroundabout, a career fair for high tech startups in East London.[11] It was established in response to lack of interest from graduates hampering tech start-ups, according to Hogarth.[12]

Plural Platform

Hogarth co-founded Plural Platform in 2021, an early-stage venture capital firm.[13] Hogarth has invested in more than 150 companies,[14] including over 50 AI companies.[5]

Artificial intelligence

Hogarth has co-written the State of AI report since 2018 with Nathan Benaich.[15][16] He wrote a blog post entitled "AI Nationalism" about the rise of machine learning influencing a new kind of geopolitics.[17] He also wrote an article in the Financial Times arguing that the "race to God-like AI" poses risks, and might lead to human extinction.[18][15] Hogarth was listed as one of the 100 most influential personalities in the artificial intelligence sphere by the magazine Time in 2023.[15]

AI Safety Institute

On 18 June 2023, Hogarth was announced as Chair of the UK Government's AI Safety Institute, an AI safety research organization.[19][15][20][21][22]

References

  1. MediaGuardian 100 2013 The Guardian, 1 September 2013^
  2. Plural Thinking: A New Fund Is Recruiting Seasoned Entrepreneurs To Build A Scalable European VC Platform Forbes^
  3. About Ian Hogarth, retrieved 2023-08-24^
  4. Ben Sisario. A Go-to Site for Tracking Music Acts The New York Times, 1 May 2011^
  5. Ian Hogarth UCL Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose, 2019-01-11, retrieved 2023-08-24^
  6. Jason Del Ray. Michelle You, Ian Hogarth, and Pete Smith, Founders of Songkick Inc Magazine^
  7. Songkick founder scoops young music entrepreneur gong Music Ally, 20 May 2010^
  8. Zack O’Malley Greenburg. 30 under 30: Music Forbes Magazine^
  9. Will Smale. Organise a concert by your favourite band BBC, 17 June 2013^
  10. Stuart Dredge. Songkick and CrowdSurge merge to make a splash in live music market The Guardian, 4 June 2015^
  11. Gabriella Griffith. Songkick founder Ian Hogarth on making money in music and east London tech scene trends London Loves Business, 23 February 2012, retrieved 19 September 2013^
  12. IT Takes On The City: Silicon Milkroundabout Aims For Top Graduates HuffPost UK, 2011-09-27, retrieved 2023-08-24^
  13. Ian Hogarth Plural, retrieved 2023-08-24^
  14. The AI Revolution is Just Beginning (with Nathan Benaich and Ian Hogarth) Harvard Business Review, 2021-11-17, retrieved 2023-08-24^
  15. TIME100 AI 2023: Ian Hogarth Time, 2023-09-07, retrieved 2024-02-17^
  16. Ian Hogarth, Nathan Benaich. State of AI Report 2023 www.stateof.ai, retrieved 2024-02-18^
  17. Ian Hogarth. AI Nationalism Ian Hogarth, 2018-06-13, retrieved 2023-08-24^
  18. Ian Hogarth. We must slow down the race to God-like AI Financial Times, 12 April 2023^
  19. Tech entrepreneur Ian Hogarth to lead UK's AI Foundation Model Taskforce GOV.UK, retrieved 2023-08-24^
  20. Prime Minister launches new AI Safety Institute GOV.UK, 2 November 2023, retrieved 2024-03-28^
  21. Frontier AI Taskforce: second progress report GOV.UK, retrieved 2024-05-20^
  22. Dan Milmo. AI chatbots’ safeguards can be easily bypassed, say UK researchers 20 May 2024, retrieved 20 May 2024^