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Tony Seba
Bestselling Author of Clean Disruption | Co-Founder, RethinkX & The Stellar World Foundation | Authority on Technology Disruption, Clean Energy & Transportation
Few forecasters have read the future of energy and transportation as accurately as Tony Seba, whose bestseller Clean Disruption predicted the rise of solar, batteries, and electric vehicles years before the mainstream caught on. Co-founder of the think tank RethinkX, he maps how exponential technologies converge to topple entire industries. Audiences gain a clear framework for anticipating disruption and leading through it.
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Tony Seba biography
Tony Seba is one of the world’s most influential thinkers on technology disruption, a Silicon Valley entrepreneur, author, and educator whose forecasts about the collapse of fossil fuels and the rise of clean energy have moved from controversial to widely validated. He is the co-founder of RethinkX, an independent think tank that analyzes the speed and scale of technology-driven disruption across the foundational sectors of the global economy.
Futurist speaker Tony Seba is best known for his bestseller Clean Disruption of Energy and Transportation, which argued that solar, wind, batteries, electric vehicles, and autonomous transport would make conventional energy and combustion vehicles obsolete far faster than mainstream analysts believed. A decade on, the cost curves and adoption rates he charted have largely played out as predicted, and a 10-year retrospective edition revisits those calls. His pioneering Seba Technology Disruption Framework now underpins a body of widely cited research.
His career has been built on challenging conventional thinking. An early employee at the disruptive companies Cisco Systems and RSA Data Security, he later founded and led the B2B marketplace PrintNation.com, and went on to teach entrepreneurship, disruption, and clean energy to thousands of leaders at Stanford University’s Continuing Studies program for some 15 years.
From Clean Disruption to Stellar Energy
Through RethinkX, Seba and co-founder James Arbib have produced influential reports on the disruption of energy, transportation, and food, and developed the concept of “Stellar Energy,” a near-zero marginal cost system powered by solar, wind, and battery storage. They have also co-authored Rethinking Humanity and the book Stellar, and co-founded The Stellar World Foundation to accelerate the transition to an era of clean-energy superabundance. His analysis has been featured by the Wall Street Journal, BBC, New York Times, Bloomberg, CNBC, and many other outlets worldwide.
As a speaker, Tony Seba has delivered keynotes at hundreds of global events, including Google, J.P. Morgan, Davos, and the COP21 World Climate Summit. Audiences leave his talks with a sharper grasp of how exponential technologies converge, why disruption arrives faster than incumbents expect, and how leaders can position their organizations to thrive amid sweeping, market-driven change.
Tony Seba Speaking Videos
Tony Seba: Tesla power will demolish conventional power
Tony Seba: Clean Disruption - Energy & Transportation
Tony Seba Keynote Topics
Seba lays out the technological and economic forces dismantling traditional energy and transportation systems, showing how solar, wind, and battery storage are becoming cheaper and more abundant than fossil fuels while electric and autonomous vehicles reshape mobility. He explains the cost curves driving this shift, the winners and losers it creates, and what it means for industries, investors, and policymakers preparing for a clean-energy economy.
Drawing on his disruption framework, Seba shows why conventional strategic planning fails in an era of exponential change. He offers practical approaches for spotting disruptive technologies early, building organizational agility and resilience, and turning upheaval into advantage. The talk explores the role of leadership and culture in helping organizations adapt to, and shape, the disruptions reshaping their sectors.
Seba introduces the concept of Stellar Energy, a system powered by solar, wind, and batteries that delivers clean power at near-zero marginal cost. He explains how, once a critical mass is reached, clean energy output becomes self-sustaining and transforms electricity from a scarce commodity into something abundant, and what that superabundance could mean for the economy, society, and the planet.
Seba examines how autonomous and shared electric vehicles could transform urban life, reducing the need for private car ownership and freeing vast amounts of land now devoted to parking. He explores the implications for how cities are designed, used, and experienced, and the opportunities and challenges this creates for urban planners, policymakers, and the people who live there.
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FAQs on Booking Tony Seba
Why Tony Seba?
Booking Tony Seba brings one of the world's most accurate and provocative technology forecasters to your stage. His bestseller Clean Disruption predicted the rapid rise of solar, batteries, and electric vehicles years before the consensus came around, giving him rare credibility with executives, investors, and policymakers. As co-founder of RethinkX, he commands a rigorous, data-driven framework for anticipating how exponential technologies upend entire industries, and he delivers it with the energy and conviction that have made him a sought-after keynote speaker at events from Davos to COP21. For organizations trying to see around the corner, he is an exceptional investment. Aurum Speakers Bureau can help you check his availability and book him for your event.
What is Tony Seba's Clean Disruption thesis?
Clean Disruption argues that solar power, wind, battery storage, electric vehicles, and autonomous transport are improving along exponential cost curves that will make fossil fuels and combustion engines economically obsolete far faster than traditional forecasts assume. Seba's central insight is that disruption is driven by economics, not policy or sentiment, and that multiple technologies converging at once accelerate one another. Many of the predictions he made have since been borne out, from plunging solar and battery costs to the surge in EV adoption.
What is RethinkX?
RethinkX is an independent think tank that Tony Seba co-founded with James Arbib to analyze and forecast the speed and scale of technology-driven disruption and its consequences for society. It has published influential reports on the transformation of energy, transportation, and food and agriculture, and developed concepts such as the Seba Technology Disruption Framework and Stellar Energy. Seba has since also co-founded The Stellar World Foundation, focused on accelerating the shift to clean-energy superabundance.
What topics does futurist speaker Tony Seba cover?
Seba speaks on clean energy and the disruption of fossil fuels, the future of transportation and autonomous vehicles, strategy in an age of exponential change, and the broader transformation of energy, food, and materials explored in his RethinkX research. His talks suit corporate strategy events, energy and mobility conferences, and innovation forums. To book Tony Seba for a keynote or fireside conversation, contact Aurum Speakers Bureau and our team will handle availability, fees, and logistics.
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