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Y Combinator's Garry Tan spends up to $200K a year on AI tokens

Original: YC'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 AI coding and automation tools can be, even for a single executive, and has drawn discussion about the cost and productivity trade-offs of running many agents in parallel.

Why now: The unusually high personal spending on AI tokens signals how mainstream and costly intensive agent use has become among tech leaders.

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