importantSYS.SOURCE: TechCrunch• 2026-11-03T00:35:52Z

Y Combinator CEO Garry Tan Spends $200K Annually on AI Tokens for Agent-Driven Workflows

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Y Combinator CEO Garry Tan spends $100K-$200K annually on AI tokens to power agent-driven workflows for both professional and personal tasks. He advocates for personalized AI agents but highlights the need for cost reduction to make the technology mainstream.

Y Combinator Garry Tan has jokingly admitted that he's suffered from "cyber psychosis” and barely sleeps sometimes because he’s so excited to be working with his AI agents. On a new episode of Walter Isaacson’s podcast, The Builders, Tan put a price tag on his passion.

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