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Know what's
changing in your market before your competitors do

Harbinger monitors thousands of sources, classifies what actually matters to your business, and delivers a cited weekly briefing your entire commercial team can act on.

Weekly Intelligence Briefing
Supply disruption — Southeast Asia
Key coconut oil supplier announced 3-week production halt. Spot prices up 12% across regional benchmarks.
Competitor capacity expansion
Ingredion filed planning permission for new starch processing facility in the Netherlands. Estimated 40k MT/yr capacity.
EU regulatory update
Draft regulation on novel food additives entering consultation phase. Potential impact on reformulation timelines.
Customer signal — procurement change
New Head of Procurement appointed at Mondelez UK. Previously at Kerry Group — potential cross-sell opportunity.
📎 38 sources cited 🕐 Auto-generated Monday 7am

Market intelligence is broken at most commodity businesses

Your team is smart. But the way they gather intelligence hasn't changed in a decade.

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Hours lost to manual scanning

Your commercial team spends 6-10 hours per week reading trade press, checking LinkedIn, and scanning news. Most of what they find isn't actionable.

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Signals missed, threats realised late

A competitor's capacity expansion. A supplier's leadership change. A regulatory shift. By the time someone notices, the window to act has narrowed.

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No single source of truth

Sales sees one thing. Procurement sees another. Leadership gets a different story. There's no consistent, cited narrative the whole business aligns on.

From noise to narrative in three steps

Harbinger runs continuously so your team doesn't have to.

1

Monitor

Harbinger watches thousands of sources — news, trade press, regulatory filings, LinkedIn company changes, patent databases — relevant to your market and your specific accounts.

2

Classify

AI classifies every signal by significance — critical, high, medium, low — based on what it means for your margins, your supply chain, and your competitive position. Not just what happened, but why it matters.

3

Deliver

A cited weekly briefing lands in your inbox every Monday with actionable recommendations. Real-time alerts fire when something can't wait. And an AI research assistant is always on hand for deeper questions.

Intelligence that's specific, cited, and actionable

Every claim traced to a source. Every recommendation tied to what it means for your business.

Weekly briefings your whole team trusts

Every Monday, your team gets a single, consistent market narrative — covering demand shifts, supply risks, competitor moves, regulatory changes, and account signals. Every claim is cited. Every recommendation is specific.

No more conflicting views. No more "I saw something on LinkedIn but I can't find it now."

Cited sources Exportable for decks Auto-generated
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2 Critical Supply disruptions
5 High Competitor & regulatory
12 Medium Market & account signals
38 sources across 14 publications, 6 regulatory bodies, and 230+ company profiles monitored

Real-time alerts when something can't wait

Not everything can wait for Monday. When Harbinger detects a critical signal — a supply disruption, a major competitor announcement, a leadership change at a key account — you'll know immediately.

Alerts are classified by significance and delivered to your inbox, Teams, or Slack with full context and source links.

Significance scoring Email / Teams / Slack Source links
Critical 2 hours ago
Cargill announces force majeure on palm kernel oil shipments from Malaysia. Expected 4-6 week impact on European supply.
Source: Reuters Commodities, Cargill press release
High Yesterday
Tate & Lyle appoints new Chief Commercial Officer — previously VP Sales at ADM Nutrition.
Source: LinkedIn, Tate & Lyle corporate
Medium Yesterday
EU Commission opens consultation on reformulation targets for processed food. Comment period closes April 2026.
Source: EUR-Lex, FoodNavigator

Ask anything. Get a sourced answer.

Preparing for a customer meeting? Researching a new market? Trying to understand a competitor's strategy? Ask Harbinger's AI research assistant and get an answer with dates, drivers, and cited sources — in seconds, not hours.

Natural language Cited answers Account-level context
What's driving demand shifts in EU plant-based ingredients this quarter?
EU plant-based ingredient demand is being shaped by three converging forces this quarter:

1. Reformulation pressure — Major retailers including Tesco and Carrefour have accelerated clean-label requirements, driving demand for pea and fava protein isolates.

2. Price correction — Soy protein prices dropped 8% since January, creating substitution pressure on premium plant proteins.

3. Regulatory tailwind — The EU's draft Novel Food framework is expected to fast-track approvals for precision-fermented alternatives...

Sources: FoodNavigator (12 Feb), Euromonitor (Q1 2026), EUR-Lex draft regulation + 4 more

Competitor & account intelligence on autopilot

Harbinger continuously monitors your competitors, suppliers, and key accounts for meaningful changes — capacity expansions, leadership appointments, pricing moves, product launches, hiring patterns, and more.

Stop finding out about competitor moves from your customers. Start finding out first.

LinkedIn monitoring News tracking Patent watch
Company Latest Signal Severity
Ingredion New starch facility — Netherlands High
Tate & Lyle New CCO appointed High
Kerry Group 3 new patent filings — emulsifiers Medium
ADM Hiring 12 roles — EU sales team Medium
Cargill Force majeure — palm kernel oil Critical

Built for businesses where information is a competitive advantage

Harbinger is designed for B2B commodity and ingredient businesses where margins are tight and markets move fast.

Food ingredients & soft commodities

Track demand shifts, substitution trends, supply constraints, and regulatory changes across your categories. Know when a competitor is expanding capacity or when a key account changes procurement leadership.

Distributors Traders Manufacturers

Chemical distribution & trading

Monitor policy and regulatory changes, track supply risk and route disruptions, and follow demand drivers across your markets. Turn noisy, scattered updates into a clear weekly narrative.

Specialty chemicals Polymers Solvents

Agricultural inputs & trading

Follow seasonal demand cycles, subsidy and policy changes, and regional disruption signals. Track product launches and competitor moves across territories and categories.

Fertilisers Crop protection Seeds

Industrial & building materials

Monitor raw material price movements, track supply chain disruptions, and stay ahead of regulatory changes that impact landed costs, compliance, and route-to-market.

Steel & metals Plastics Building products

Turn market noise into
weekly clarity

See how Harbinger can transform the way your team gathers and acts on market intelligence.

Typical setup: 2 weeks. Start with your top accounts and competitors. Expand from there.