Founder
Shannon builds ventures and innovation systems at the intersection of technology, creativity, and human experience.
Over the past 15+ years, he has founded and led studios and research initiatives, built and scaled complex technical and creative systems, and worked across industry, academia, and cultural institutions. His work focuses on translating advanced research into real-world deployment, particularly where technology shapes trust, behaviour, and lived experience.
He is currently building an early-stage venture in stealth focused on responsible human-facing technology in high-trust settings. His approach is shaped by a background in performance and embodied practice, where timing, restraint, and attunement determine whether an interaction remains safe. The work sits between applied research, venture building, and real-world delivery. Further details are available privately.
He has worked in senior roles across immersive media, real-time systems, and large-scale production environments. This includes virtual production leadership on Apple TV+ productions including Silo and Hijack with Lux Machina, early platform adoption work with disguise (d3), and research leadership at Production Park, where he established a research lab and contributed to the ERDF-funded XPLOR programme.
He supports early-stage founders and teams working at the edge of research and deployment, particularly where responsibility, risk, and operational reality matter.
He was Course Leader for the BA (Hons) Visual Production degree at Backstage Academy, now the Academy of Live Technology.
Independent Governance for Human-Facing AI: Why safety checks should sit apart from model providers and product teams
Shannon Harvey argues for independent oversight of human-facing AI after more than 15 years building ventures and research programmes where technology meets people. Today most AI safety checks are…
Risk in Emotionally Sensitive AI: How builders can spot where products put people at risk before launch
Shannon Harvey looks at where AI products used in emotionally sensitive settings put people at risk, drawing on 15+ years building technical and creative systems that people experience first hand.…
The Gap Between AI Rules and Real Use: Where regulation falls short of how human-facing products are used day to day
Shannon Harvey works on the gap between AI regulation and how human-facing products are really used, after 15+ years turning advanced research into real-world deployment. Rules tend to be written…
Performance Lessons for Human-Facing Technology: How timing, restraint and attunement keep an interaction safe
Shannon Harvey brings a background in performance and embodied practice to 15+ years of building human-facing technology, where timing, restraint and attunement decide whether an interaction stays…