Proton CEO Andy Yen calls security testing 'loser thinking' in leaked Slack chats
The gist
Proton CEO Andy Yen told staff that delaying code for security testing was "loser thinking," per 404 Media.
The privacy firm's users are cancelling subscriptions over its hard AI push.
How it unfolded
- 2014Proton launched Proton Mail after the Snowden revelations, later expanding into a suite of privacy and security products.
- Jun 2026Proton launched a 2.0 version of its Lumo LLM chatbot, which the company says doesn't log conversations or train on user data.
- Aug 2026In an internal Slack conversation, CEO Andy Yen said Proton will stop hiring engineers after this year and instead hire people who can build products with AI.