Hi, I'm Marcus.
- 📰 Journalist covering tech, AI, antitrust, chips, and platforms
- ✏️ Senior editing: structure, fact-checking, script rewrites, headline framing
- 🎙️ On-air work, hosting, and fast-turn field producing (booking & logistics)
- 🎧 Podcast development and narrative series—from concept to launch
- 🎬 Video interviews and event coverage for broadcasters and brands
About me
Journalist · Senior Story Editor · Audio/Video Producer
San Francisco–based journalist translating Silicon Valley for European audiences. Former ARD West Coast correspondent.
Skills:
- Journalism
- Story Editing
- AI/ML Coverage
- Antitrust Reporting
- Tech Policy
Tools
- Podcast Production
- Video Interviews
- DaVinci Resolve
- Premiere Pro
- Avid Pro Tools
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“Translating Silicon Valley for European audiences”
Awards & Recognition

implicator.ai
- Alibaba's Qwen3-VL Can Find a Single Frame in Two Hours of Video. The Catch? It Still Can't Outthink GPT-5.
- Prime Intellect's INTELLECT-3: Open-Source Ambition Meets Centralized Reality
- DeepSeek's Math Model Beats Humans at Their Own Game, Then Gives Away the Playbook
- Alibaba Straps AI to Your Face, Bets You'll Let It Watch You Shop
- America's AI Startups Are Building on Chinese Foundations
- The Great RAM Raid: How One AI Deal Broke the Consumer Memory Market
Latest Articles
(In German)
Sex Toys: When Algorithms Control Intimacy
The $35-43 billion sex toy industry is undergoing a technological metamorphosis. AI, sensors, and machine learning are transforming simple devices into connected systems that adapt to biometric data.
2 days ago · FAZ
The 10 Most Important Germans in Silicon Valley
They finance AI data center expansions, deploy billions, and shape platform narratives. An overview of ten Germans who influence markets and opinions in Silicon Valley.
3 days ago · FAZ
Margit Wennmachers: 'Europe Is a Museum'
A portrait of the woman CNN called 'the true queen of Silicon Valley.' From a trilingual secretarial school in Aachen to shaping the narrative of tech's biggest names.
3 days ago · FAZ
Microsoft's Leadership Stumble in the AI Era
For the first time since becoming CEO, Satya Nadella skipped Microsoft's Ignite conference keynote. Behind the official explanation lies a self-inflicted crisis.
Nov 19 · FAZ
How OpenAI Almost Collapsed
Nearly two years ago, OpenAI's board tried to fire Sam Altman. A newly revealed sworn testimony shows how this attempt failed and why there's more to learn about the future of AI from this failure than from their success.
Nov 5 · FAZ