Sebastian Thrun
✅ Accepting Gulf InquiriesFounder, Udacity & Kitty Hawk
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Sebastian's vision for autonomous smart cities aligned perfectly with our NEOM transportation strategy.
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📦 Exactly What You Receive
- 📋Signed Letter of Engagement (48 hours)
- 📄Expert bio + photo in your format
- 🌍Gulf Cultural Briefing (8-page PDF)
- 📊Audience profile sent to expert
- 📞30-min prep call (14 days prior)
- 🎯Keynote angle tailored to your audience
- 📡AV and technical requirements
- 📈Post-Event Impact Report (7 days)
- 🎓Certificate of Completion (HRDF)
- 💰Final VAT invoice (SAP-compatible)
- 📹Recording coordination (if applicable)
- 📋HRDF submission documentation
- ⭐Review request to your team
- 🔄Follow-up session available on request
Cancellation: Full refund 21+ days before event · 50% refund 14–21 days · Speaker cancellation: replacement within 48 hours at zero cost to you
💰 Gulf Engagement Fees
USD. Travel additional. 15% Minbar.ai fee included.
🛡️ Fee Protection — We never undercut published rates
Fee Protection
You always pay exactly what's listed
72 hours Response
Guaranteed during Gulf business hours
Satisfaction Promise
Cultural briefing + logistics included
Why Book Through Minbar.ai?
| Direct | Bureau | Minbar.ai | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Response | Weeks | Days | 4 Hours |
| Commission | Complex | 30-40% | 15% |
| Gulf context | ❌ | ❌ | ✅ |
| Arabic | ❌ | ❌ | ✅ |
| Cultural brief | ❌ | ❌ | ✅ |
| HRDF | ❌ | ❌ | ✅ |
| Fee protection | ❌ | Partial | ✅ |
Cultural briefing · Agreement · Audience profile · Pre-event call · Report · Topic tailoring
🏆 Gulf Voice Score™
Exceptional
16 verified Gulf engagements
Sebastian is recording a personal 90-second message for Gulf event organizers.
About
Founder of Udacity and Google X, pioneer of the self-driving car. Sebastian's work on autonomous systems and AI-powered education is directly relevant to Gulf smart city and workforce transformation initiatives.
🏆 Gulf Experience
🎤 Keynote Topics
🏆 Recognition
📺 Media
📺 Television
PBS
Charlie Rose
🎙️ Podcasts
Masters of Scale
Masters of Scale
📰 Press
WIRED
WIRED Innovation
🌍 Organizations
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Leave a review →“Sebastian's ability to connect global AI trends to Gulf context was remarkable.”
— Chief Innovation Officer, ADNOC“One of the best keynotes we've hosted. Sebastian understood our audience perfectly.”
— Director of Events, Dubai Future Foundation📚 Related Insights
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72 hours response · Arabic & English · Cultural briefing included
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