Hogarth has co-written the State of AI report since 2018 with [[Nathan Benaich]].<ref>https://www.stateof.ai/</ref> He wrote an influential blog post entitled AI Nationalism about the rise of machine learning influencing a new kind of geopolitics.<ref>https://www.ianhogarth.com/blog/2018/6/13/ai-nationalism</ref>
Hogarth has co-written the State of AI report since 2018 with [[Nathan Benaich]].<ref>https://www.stateof.ai/</ref> He wrote a blog post entitled AI Nationalism about the rise of machine learning influencing a new kind of geopolitics.<ref>https://www.ianhogarth.com/blog/2018/6/13/ai-nationalism</ref>
=== AI Foundation Model Taskforce ===
=== AI Foundation Model Taskforce ===
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British investor
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.[6]
Entrepreneurship and investing
Songkick
Hogarth founded live music startup Songkick with friends Michelle You and Pete Smith in 2007.[4] Smith and Hogarth met at Cambridge, Hogarth and You met in Beijing; they shared a love of live music and formed Songkick, which was part of the 2007 Y Combinator program in Boston.[7] They chose to set up the company in London because it "is the gig capital of the world. London has more concerts than anywhere else."[8]
Hogarth and his fellow Songkick co-founders were named to Inc. magazine's 30-under-30 list in 2010;[9] the same year, Hogarth won the British Council’s UK Young Music Entrepreneur of the Year award.[10][11] He was also named one of Forbes magazine's 2012 music 30-under-30.[12]
In 2013, Songkick launched Detour, a crowdfunding platform for concerts.[8]
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.[13]
Silicon Milkroundabout
In 2010, Hogarth and Songkick COO Pete Smith founded Silicon Milkroundabout, a career fair for high tech startups in East London.[7] It was established in response to lack of interest from graduates hampering tech start-ups, according to Hogarth.[14]
Plural Platform
Hogarth co-founded Plural Platform in 2021, an early stage venture capital firm.[15] Hogarth has angel invested in over 40 start-ups.[16][17]
Artificial intelligence
Hogarth has co-written the State of AI report since 2018 with Nathan Benaich.[18] He wrote a blog post entitled AI Nationalism about the rise of machine learning influencing a new kind of geopolitics.[19]
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.[20] The role reports directly to the Prime Minister and Technology Minister, and it has a budget of £100 million of government funding.[21]
