Andy Yen - From CERN to 100 Million Users with Proton Mail | Alan Frei Podcast | A3F 2026
This episode is a special fireside chat recorded live at A3F 2026 in Zurich with Andy Yen, founder and CEO of Proton.What started as a project by scientists and engineers from CERN has grown into one of the world's leading privacy-first technology companies, serving more than 100 million users globally across email, VPN, cloud storage and security products.In this conversation, Andy shares the remarkable story behind Proton, why almost no investors believed in the company in the early days, and how a crowdfunding campaign helped turn an ambitious vision into reality. He also reveals how Apple…
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