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Can AI Coexist With Privacy? Proton CEO Says It Will Have To

aired Aug 18, 2026 · 40.0m
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Summary

I recently chatted with McKinsey's Dan Swan about how businesses successfully transitioned to AI, the coming agentic wave, and even the sad loss of tennis line judges. Some people are buying software and calling it a transformation.

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It goes beyond the title with direct discussion of it's, like, actually, including: Some people are buying software and calling it a transformation.

Key takeaways
  1. 01I recently chatted with McKinsey's Dan Swan about how businesses successfully transitioned to AI, the coming agentic wave, and even the sad loss of tennis line judges
  2. 02So for this episode, we thought we'd bring in someone who has been building digital privacy tools for more than a decade, but who it seems doesn't at all share this allergy to AI t
  3. 03Andy Yen is the co-founder and CEO of Proton, which offers end-to-end encrypted online services like email, docs, spreadsheets, storage, calendars, VPNs, and most recently even end
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