Ian Hogarth

Ian Hogarth is a Co-Founder and Partner at Plural Platform, an early-stage venture capital firm launched in 2021 that invests in Europe's next generation of tech companies. Based in London, Ian focuses on investments at the frontiers of technology and science, including machine learning, quantum computing, and material science.

Ian is also the current Chair of the UK Government's AI Foundation Model Taskforce, also known as the AI Safety Institute, conducting artificial intelligence safety research. Since 2018, Ian has co-authored the annual State of AI Report, a widely read analysis of progress in AI. Ian's longstanding interest in AI includes building an early computer vision system in 2004 for cancer biopsy image classification.

Previously, Ian co-founded the live music startup Songkick in 2007, which was part of the Y Combinator program and scaled to 15 million music fans. Ian also co-founded Silicon Milkroundabout in 2010, a career fair for high-tech startups. Ian has invested in over 150 companies, including more than 50 AI companies, and is the chair of Phasecraft, a quantum computing startup.

Ian studied information engineering at the University of Cambridge, specializing in machine learning for a Masters. Ian is currently motivated to support founders tackling significant challenges, from climate change to making the internet safer, and advancing new general-purpose technologies.

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