He Saw a Broken Market. He Built the Fix. Now He's Opening an Auction House.
Ian Swain, founder of Swain’s, used conversational AI and no-code tools to build
six operational AI systems and the largest structured database of African
diaspora art market data in existence. His inaugural live auction opens Friday at
EXPO CHICAGO.
WASHINGTON, DC, April 8, 2026 — Ian Swain is not a software engineer. He is a collector who
learned early—from a mentor who told him a