About
Supertrends AG was founded in 2019 by award-winning serial entrepreneur Lars Tvede. Having always relied on financial services like Bloomberg to aid decision-making, he realized there lacked a service that focused on scientific and technological advancements and how they would impact us. And thus, the idea for Supertrends was born.
We help companies connect the dots between their business and emerging technologies and trends so that they can plan for the future. But to do that, you need to know what's going on out in the big wide world, and that means navigating the sea of information overload—a laborious task. But not with Supertrends.
With our SmartScans, we seamlessly extract the information you need to make informed decisions, solving two problems at once: Eliminating the need to sort through massive amounts of information and helping you understand how innovations will impact your company.
With our SmartScans, we seamlessly extract the information you need to make informed decisions, solving two problems at once: Eliminating the need to sort through massive amounts of information and helping you understand how innovations will impact your company.
Our Mission
Our mission is to provide businesses with the tailored insights they need to succeed in an information-overloaded world.
Our Vision
To eliminate desktop research and liberate brain power.
Meet Our Founder: Lars Tvede
Not only is Lars a successful entrepreneur, he is also an investor, bestselling author, and multiple TEDx Speaker. Lars has a background in engineering and economics and happens to be seriously passionate about innovation.
His goal for Supertrends is simple: to offer businesses and individuals clear insights into past, present, and future innovations, helping them stay ahead and thrive in an ever-changing world.
A multiple TEDx speaker, Lars' talks are informative and entertaining.
A multiple TEDx speaker, Lars' talks are informative and entertaining.
In this TEDx talk Lars dives into resource scarcity and offers an optimistic outlook. Instead of worrying that we're running out of resources, he explains how human creativity and technology have actually made resources more abundant over time. Thanks to innovation, we keep finding smarter, more efficient ways to use what we have—so the future isn't as bleak as some might think. His main message? As long as we stay inventive and adaptable, we can keep things sustainable.
Insights
Lars is constantly researching the latest within science and technology and helping others make sense of how they will change our world.
Lots of technologies have exponential or hyperexponential growth
An increasing number of technologies exhibit exponential or hyperexponential growth. This includes, for instance, the sequencing and synthesising of DNA, global growth in the number of IoT devices, the amount of digital data produced and stored, the amount and speed of bandwidth available, the global OLED screen area output, the number of usable radio frequencies, the performance of LEDs, batteries, hard drives, etc.
AI and quantum computers will lead to recursive superintelligence
In an increasing number of disciplines, computers beat the human mind, and increasingly this includes areas involving intuition. In this context, AI plays a huge role. Furthermore, quantum computers are on the verge of breaking through with powers to tackle certain kinds of calculations billions of times faster than the fastest supercomputers today – including, by the way, hacking a lot of standard encryption. All of this will have wide implications, but perhaps the biggest is that computers will become increasingly brilliant at formulating scientific hypothesis and writing software, and soon even better than any humans, which will stimulate run-away scientific discovery and technical innovation.
Future challenges will largely be met with future technologies
Thanks to the staggering innovation of the future, we will inevitably discover that common assumptions that the challenges of the future will be solved with today’s technologies will often be wrong. For instance, in my opinion, it is obvious that within the next 100 years the world will have access to extreme amounts of comparably clean energy. But do I think that most of it will be generated by solar panels and wind turbines? Actually no. I think it will largely come from something that does not work today.
There will be sensors and Internet everywhere
Far more than ever before, we will – through IoT – equip the non-organic part of the world with artificial nerve fibres, organs and small brains. So, a huge number of worldly objects will be able to do things that insects do – and will sometimes even look like them. In other words, we will create a completely non-biological ecosystem that will expand collective intelligence and capability, and unlike biological eco-systems, this one will be constantly analysed with big data and AI. This will certainly make the world as a whole smarter, but also less private.
VISION
Lars can be your guest for your next event!
Lars has spoken at countless events including
- Bloomberg
- Lombard Odier
- FTE Capital Markets
- Confederation of Danish Industries (Dansk Erhrverv)
- CVX Ventures
- Gyldendal
- Presidents Institute
- Danske Bank
- DSV
- Credit Suisse
- Saxo Bank
- McKinsey
- Boston Consulting group
Big Ideas & Bold Visions at Your Event
With extensive knowledge on emerging trends and technologies and a passion for sharing his visions, Lars offers not only informative but engaging and entertaining talks. As a best-selling author and entrepreneur, he offers sharp insights into the future—covering topics like AI, innovation, and global trends—helping businesses and society prepare for what’s next.
Please fill out the form to inquire about booking Lars, and a member of our team will get back to you as soon as possible.
Discover Lars' best-selling books
Supertrends
Futurists are in the business of predicting the future. What do the most efficient futurists know? You'll find the answer inside Supertrends: 50 Things You Need to Know About The Future. Discover how we can expect the world to evolve in terms of demographics, economics, technology, environment and beyond. Whatever it is that you do, you will be able to better prepare for the future if you can just get a clear view of it.
The Creative Society
Western civilisation has arguably produced more than 95% of all creative achievement through all times.
This dominance has persisted during the last 600 years and it explains most of western success. It has created more freedom, safety, wealth, good health and happiness than in almost any other palce, so naturally it has become an inspiration for many other nations. But why did this happen? And how can it be sustained?
From Maltus to Mars
In 2019, Lars was approached by former-McKinsey consultant, Nicolai Chen Nielse, who had read a number of his books and had an idea: they should write a book together about the future and how to live, learn and lead in it. Lars focused on writing about the future of the world while Nicolai focused on the implications on organisations. Together they wrote a section about personal mindsets that can help people navigate an exponential world.
ABOUT
Meet The Core Team
While it takes many talented folks to keep our projects running smoothly, here’s a peek at the core group steering the ship.
Jens Helstrup
Chief Product Officer
Amanda Rakel Chidekel
Head of Communications
Emil Waehrens
Head of Sales
Alina Pintelie
Content Marketing Manager
Anna Mendaluk
Science Communications Specialist
Antón Quintiá Ledo
Science Communications Specialist
Jakob Waehrens
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