I'm a journalist covering artificial intelligence, antitrust, chips, and platform power from San Francisco. I write for Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung and publish implicator.ai, a daily AI publication I built from zero to 20,000 monthly readers in seven months.
How I got here
I've been in journalism for more than 20 years — most of that in public broadcasting. I started at SWR, where in 1999 I founded DASDING, Germany's first multimedia broadcaster, airing simultaneously on TV and radio. I directed 75 employees on a €12.5M budget. I went on to work at BBC World Service, then Bayerischer Rundfunk, where I served as Chief of Staff to the CEO of a 5,000-person organization before leading a 60-person cross-functional team in digital innovation.
In 2017 I moved to San Francisco as ARD's West Coast bureau chief. For seven years I covered Apple, Google, Meta, Tesla, antitrust cases, platform regulation, and the rise of generative AI for Germany's largest news organization — reaching half a million viewers per segment across TV, radio, and digital. I ran the bureau with a team of five.
How I work
The AI beat rewards reporters who understand what they're covering. I operate self-hosted AI infrastructure and work with frontier models daily — not as a hobbyist, but because the technical fluency makes the reporting better. My source network spans AI labs, venture firms, the open-source community, and European regulatory bodies. 30+ on-record sit-downs with CEOs, AI researchers, and founders across the Valley. The transatlantic perspective gives me angles that US-only reporters miss.
Right now
I write enterprise features and breaking news for Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung — front-page coverage of AI strategy, Silicon Valley power structures, and transatlantic tech policy for over one million daily readers. At implicator.ai I publish daily analysis on frontier models, AI governance, and industry power dynamics. The 58% newsletter open rate tells me the approach works: accountability over hype.
Recognition
Kurt-Magnus-Preis — Germany's most prestigious award for young broadcast journalists.
Grimme Online Award — for excellence in digital journalism.