Marcus Schuler — AI & Technology Reporter

Hi, I'm Marcus.

📰 Covering AI, antitrust, chips, and platforms from San Francisco since 2017
✏️ Enterprise features and breaking news for Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung
🔗 Founded implicator.ai — daily AI analysis, 20,000 monthly readers, 58% newsletter open rate
🎙️ Former ARD West Coast bureau chief — TV, radio, digital, reaching 500K viewers per segment
🎤 30+ on-record interviews with CEOs, AI researchers, and founders across the Valley

Marcus Schuler, AI and technology journalist in San Francisco

About me

AI & Technology Reporter · San Francisco

Eight years covering Silicon Valley — first as bureau chief for ARD, Germany's flagship public broadcaster, now as correspondent for Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung and founder of implicator.ai.

Skills:

Breaking News & Enterprise Reporting
AI & Technology Beat
Source Development
Editorial Leadership
Multi-Platform Storytelling

Tools

Newsletter Publishing
Podcast & Audio Production
Video Interviews
DaVinci Resolve
Premiere Pro

More about my work, me and what I read.

Awards & Recognition

Grimme Online Award

Kurt Magnus Award

ARD West Coast Correspondent

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Latest Articles

(In German)

Mira Murati Takes On China With Her First Open Model

Mira Murati, co-founder of Thinking Machines Lab, stands for an approach built on censorship resistance and open licensing — even if her model Inkling still trails Chinese rivals in international comparison.

Jul 22 · FAZ

Why the AI Boom Hangs on a Few Bottlenecks

Behind hundreds of models, dozens of data centers, and trillions in capital stands a concentrated supply chain. A handful of companies decide how many advanced chips exist at all — and around 90 percent of the most modern logic chips come from a single island.

Jul 22 · FAZ

Why the Biggest AI Customers Now Want to Push Prices Down

Palo Alto chief Nikesh Arora demands that token prices fall to a tenth within two years. Behind the demand stands an industry whose AI bills grow faster than its ability to measure the benefit.

Jul 15 · FAZ

America's Quantum Bet, Europe's Dilemma

The US Commerce Department is handing just over two billion dollars to nine quantum firms and taking equity stakes in return. For the first time, a funding agency becomes a direct co-owner of nine companies. Whether that is legal is disputed in Washington.

Jun 3 · FAZ

Reconnaissance on Six Legs

Stefan Wilhelm turns live cockroaches into military sensors. His company SWARM Biotactics is registered in Kassel, yet part of the workforce operates in California. A paid project with the Bundeswehr is already underway.

May 27 · FAZ