Flow is a corporation from Earth in The Primary Timeline. Flow was founded in the year 2073 as a Liberian shipping company. Initially formed to distribute computer hardware across the African continent, it saw quick success thanks to taking full economical advantage of providing electronics to the Eastern Seaboard during The North American Collapse.
By 2121, Flow was a multinational logistics conglomerate that specialized in reparation efforts following disasters. In particular, it would handle the rebuilding of digital infrastructure and manufacturing capabilities.
The Datanet
The Datanet is an extension of the internet created using breakthrough Faster Than Light Technology.
Toby Tsur developed the Datanet for the betterment of humanity while working for Flow, and user’s enjoyed open access to it’s services for no cost. This led to mass adoption of the system, to the point of nearly two thirds of earth’s information traffic being routed through Flow’s servers.
The Datanet would undergo a massive loss of function as a result of the Andromeda Transfer Incident, only fully recovering with the eventual help of The Swarm.