Markus is the CEO and co-founder of Cyanite, an AI-native platform for music analysis giving both people and AI agents the structured understanding of music they need to actually work with a catalog. With more than 60 million songs tagged and 6 million monthly music searches, Cyanite already powers music workflows worldwide — from sync and distribution to marketing and A&R — and, increasingly, the AI agents now being built on top of it.

Before Cyanite, Markus founded a label and supported PR for artists such as Lenny Kravitz and Oasis. His drive grew from a fascination with how music shapes memory and mood. He is also a guest lecturer and published writer on business model innovation.