Ian Hogarth

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

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 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][8] He was also named one of Forbes magazine's 2012 music 30-under-30.[9]

In 2013, Songkick launched Detour, a crowdfunding platform for concerts.[10]

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.[11]

Silicon Milkroundabout

In 2010, Hogarth and Songkick COO Pete Smith founded Silicon Milkroundabout, a career fair for high tech startups in East London.[12] It was established in response to lack of interest from graduates hampering tech start-ups, according to Hogarth.[13]

Plural Platform

Hogarth co-founded Plural Platform in 2021, an early stage venture capital firm.[14] Hogarth has angel invested in over 40 start-ups.[15][5]

Artificial intelligence

Hogarth has co-written the State of AI report since 2018 with Nathan Benaich.[16] He wrote a blog post entitled AI Nationalism about the rise of machine learning influencing a new kind of geopolitics.[17]

AI Foundation Model Taskforce

On 18 June 2023, Hogarth was announced as Chair of the UK Government's Foundation Model Taskforce, which is considering the risks associated with AI.[18] The role reports directly to the Prime Minister and Technology Minister, and it has a budget of £100 million of government funding.[18]

References
  1. "MediaGuardian 100 2013". The Guardian.
  2. "Plural Thinking: A New Fund Is Recruiting Seasoned Entrepreneurs To Build A Scalable European VC Platform". Forbes. Archived from the original on 23 April 2023.
  3. "About". Ian Hogarth. Retrieved 24 August 2023.
  4. Ben Sisario (1 May 2011). "A Go-to Site for Tracking Music Acts". The New York Times.
  5. "Ian Hogarth". UCL Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose. 11 January 2019. Retrieved 24 August 2023.
  6. Jason Del Ray. "Michelle You, Ian Hogarth, and Pete Smith, Founders of Songkick". Inc Magazine.
  7. Rishi Chowdhury (21 June 2010). "Songkick's Ian Hogarth". Your Hidden Potential.
  8. "Songkick founder scoops young music entrepreneur gong". Music Ally. 20 May 2010.
  9. Zack O’Malley Greenburg. "30 under 30: Music". Forbes Magazine.
  10. Will Smale (17 June 2013). "Organise a concert by your favourite band". BBC.
  11. Stuart Dredge (4 June 2015). "Songkick and CrowdSurge merge to make a splash in live music market". The Guardian. London.
  12. Gabriella Griffith (23 February 2012). "Songkick founder Ian Hogarth on making money in music and east London tech scene trends". London Loves Business.
  13. "IT Takes On The City: Silicon Milkroundabout Aims For Top Graduates". HuffPost UK. 27 September 2011. Retrieved 24 August 2023.
  14. "Ian Hogarth". Plural. Retrieved 24 August 2023.
  15. "The AI Revolution is Just Beginning (with Nathan Benaich and Ian Hogarth)". Harvard Business Review. 17 November 2021. ISSN 0017-8012. Retrieved 24 August 2023.
  16. Hogarth, Nathan Benaich and Ian. "State of AI Report 2022". www.stateof.ai. Retrieved 24 August 2023.
  17. Hogarth, Ian (13 June 2018). "AI Nationalism". Ian Hogarth. Retrieved 24 August 2023.
  18. "Tech entrepreneur Ian Hogarth to lead UK's AI Foundation Model Taskforce". GOV.UK. Retrieved 24 August 2023.


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