
From Navy to SaaS to AI with Ian Hogg
Published: June 19, 2026
Duration: 46:13
My guest today is Ian Hogg, the Chairman of SolvedBy.ai, an applied AI company helping SaaS vendors embed enterprise-grade forecasting, demand and decision intelligence directly into their platforms. In this conversation,
Ian shares his background, from the Royal Navy and Xerox to building early web businesses, a SaaS platform, and an AI-focused company.He describes how his SaaS business began by solving his own operational problem and then expanded when others in the industry recognized the same need.He shares how, In enterprise AI, one needs to distinguish decision-support and forecasting systems from generative AI...