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Y Combinator's Garry Tan spends up to $200K a year on AI tokens
Original: Y Combinator’s Garry Tan uses AI agents so much, he spends up to $200K a year on tokens
Y Combinator president Garry Tan says he spends as much as $200,000 a year on AI tokens, reflecting how heavily he relies on AI agents in his daily work. The figure highlights how expensive intensive use of frontier AI models has become, even for a single heavy user, and underscores how central AI coding agents have become among startup founders and investors in Silicon Valley.
Why now: It offers a striking, concrete figure showing how costly heavy everyday use of AI agents can be, feeding debate about AI spending.
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