Saw it first.Years first.
Called every era from the web to AI. Forecast ecommerce, cloud, mobile, and China's internet, years before those markets existed. Coined "conversational commerce" in 2014 (ad:tech keynote).
Bet on it.Won big.
Led the Series B in the startup that became Google AdSense — more than 40% of Google's revenue at IPO. Ran a $54M venture fund. Built the first Internet stock index.
Wrote theplaybook.
Author of the forthcoming Blueshift, foreword by Vint Cerf. And Zero Gravity (Bloomberg) — bestseller in 8 languages, foreword by John Doerr. Recently advised an AI venture through a pivot: 50x revenue, 5x valuation, major round.
Building themachine.
Founder & CEO of Flow Information Systems — AI-native decision intelligence, built from scratch and used by some of the world's top investors and companies.
Identified early. On the record.
Steve Harmon has helped clients ranging from startups to Fortune 500s globally. Most recently, he advised a leading AI venture to pivot its product to solve a gap in the AI platform shift, resulting in a 50x revenue increase, a 5x valuation jump, and a significant round of funding from major venture investors.
An Internet pioneer with more than thirty years of experience at the intersection of technology, media, finance, venture capital, and market transformation. Founder of Flow Information Systems, an AI decision-intelligence company helping investors, executives, and organizations separate signal from noise in fast-moving markets.
Longtime researcher and writer with a global readership concentrated among leaders in technology, finance, venture capital, media, and executive management. Advisor to startups, AI ventures, institutional investors, and senior executives on strategy, market timing, emerging technology, distribution, and platform shifts. Taught entrepreneurship to a Chinese audience through a partnership with NetEase, one of China's largest internet companies.
Steve Harmon held a weekly Friday slot on CNBC for over a year as their on-air technology analyst, plus weekly segments on CNET TV. 100+ broadcast appearances across CNBC, CNET TV, Bloomberg TV, Nippon TV, and German television.
He has keynoted and spoken at major industry conferences including ad:tech China, the New York Society of Security Analysts, Internet World, the Business Valuation Conference, CRMC, Startup Hong Kong, and Startup Singapore — and at leading institutions including Stanford Graduate School of Business and the Haas School of Business at UC Berkeley.
In June 2026, Harmon was interviewed at length by CNBC on the platform shift in AI, mapping out the current landscape and where the opportunities are.
How to spot what's coming next — before everyone else.
Drawing on thirty years of real-time calls — from the browser wars to cloud computing to the current AI build-out — Blueshift identifies the seven signals that appear before every trillion-dollar platform shift. Not theories. Exposed patterns, repeating across five technology eras, hiding in plain sight. Foreword by Vint Cerf, co-creator of the Internet.
Harmon has advised and consulted founders and CEOs at numerous startups and established companies that have shaped — and continue to shape — the business, communications, and commerce landscape. From early-stage founders navigating product-market fit to Fortune 500 executives managing technology transitions, he brings a rare combination of pattern recognition, operational experience, and capital markets insight to every engagement.
Building at the intersection of AI and signal.
Harmon is Founder & CEO of Flow Information Systems, used by world-class executives and investors representing over $450B in AUM and $10T+ in market cap.