Fireside chat—Ian Hogarth (Partner, Plural), David Singleton (CTO, Stripe)

Ian Hogarth, founder of Songkick and Plural Platform, and chair of the UK government's AI Foundation Model Task Force, discusses his journey from building robots and consumer internet companies to his current work in AI. Hogarth reflects on lessons learned from Songkick, particularly the challenges of innovating in a market dominated by Ticketmaster. He emphasizes the potential of LLMs to enable smaller teams to achieve more, and expresses excitement about the future of robotics, especially domestic robots performing labor-saving tasks. Hogarth also touches on the importance of balancing AI innovation with safety considerations, advocating for appropriately sized regulation focused on the largest companies. He shares his approach to making predictions in the AI space, weighting the opinions of experts based on their historical accuracy.