Y Combinator's Garry Tan Spends Up to $200K a Year on AI Agent Tokens
Original headline: Y Combinator’s Garry Tan uses AI agents so much, he spends up to $200K a year on tokens
Y Combinator partner Garry Tan joked that he suffers from “cyber psychosis” due to his heavy use of AI agents and that he sometimes gets little sleep. He disclosed on Walter Isaacson’s podcast The Builders that his token consumption can reach as much as $200,000 annually.
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