Proton

On the Web Summit 2026 company map. Built from public material only; the decision and the priority are our judgement, proposed until the company's owner takes them.

What they do	Privacy-by-default online services, used by over 100 million people per its own site.
Website	https://proton.me/
Category	security
Country	France (the speaker's Web Summit listing; headquarters not sourced)
Attending 2026	confirmed: Raphael Auphan (Chief Operating Officer) is listed on the LIS26 session page 'Big Tech detox'
Attending as	speaker's company
Why it matters to us	write-about: 'Big Tech detox' on European encrypted alternatives; SGit's encrypted vaults make the same privacy-by-default argument for files and agent-run sites
Decision (proposed)	write-about
Priority	2
Owner on our team	to decide
Status	to contact

On the graph

In Security, privacy and trust (not agent-specific).

speaks-at Big Tech detox 2026-11-12: COO speaks on a Big Tech detox source
relevant-to SGit: privacy-by-default services make the same argument as encrypted vaults (our judgement) (our judgement)
relevant-to The SGit newsroom: European encrypted alternatives to Big Tech: a story (our judgement) (our judgement)

Assets made for them

None yet.

Sources

websummit.com/sessions/lis26/e8ad3cf3-06b8-451a-bc7f-0ba6786588dc/big-, read 2026-11-01: LIS26 session page (conferenceSlug lis26): 'Big Tech detox', 12 Nov, Cybersecurity Summit, Stage 8, names Proton as the speaker's organisation
websummit.com/attendees/lis26/5475282a-017b-4bc9-a1e3-01363282c02e/rap, read 2026-11-01: LIS26 attendee page: Raphael Auphan, Chief Operating Officer, Proton; country and industry as listed by Web Summit; public bio
proton.me/, read 2026-11-01: what the company does, from its own site (title and description)

The company map