Mercurios was born from years of operating inside owner-led retail and at the intersection of data, AI and product. We connect what was previously disconnected — and give retailers their time back for what really matters: the business.
Mercurios started in real retail — in stores, at the till, in weekend spreadsheet sessions and in late-night merchandising decisions. We saw how many smart decisions are lost every day simply because the data isn’t in the right place at the right time.
From that experience we built Mercurios as an operating system for retail: a single data root, autonomous AI agents for every domain and a console that makes the whole business legible. From day one with one principle: software that helps people instead of replacing them.
We are a young team with roots in Bremen, Berlin and Frankfurt — working side by side with family-led businesses, store networks and marketplace operators who want to combine growth with responsibility.
Every feature begins with a real question from daily ops. If it doesn’t cut a store lead’s workload in half, it doesn’t ship.
AI prepares the action — humans decide. Every recommendation comes with reasoning, every action with an audit trail.
We ship weekly, keep our data root clean and build features that will still hold up in ten years.
We spend time inside our partners’ stores, listen and design together — never a faceless ticket system.
Two founders with complementary profiles — retail and product, sales and engineering — and one shared ambition: AI that works in real retail.
Co-founder · CEO & CTO
Max owns technology, AI architecture and engineering and drives strategy and sales alongside. With a dual background in owner-led retail and several years in B2B SaaS, he thinks product, data and operations as one system — building the data root and agent layer that make Mercurios both autonomous and accountable.
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Co-founder · CEO & CTO
Julius leads strategy, product and customer work and is hands-on across architecture and AI. With deep roots in owner-led retail, he knows daily ops first-hand — store floors, assortment calls, workforce planning, customer conversations — and translates them into bold, clear product decisions. He sits at the table with our partners, listens, co-authors the roadmap and makes sure Mercurios never becomes a pretty dashboard, but real leverage in the day-to-day.
Email JuliusWe talk to retailers who want more than the next tool. Let’s spend 30 minutes together.