YC CEO Garry Tan says he spends up to $200,000 a year on AI tokens
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On 3 November 2026, TechCrunch reported that Y Combinator CEO Garry Tan said on the podcast The Builders that he spends roughly $100,000 to $200,000 a year on AI tokens, used across a large number of work projects and coding tasks. The report says the uses include running AI agents. The claim currently rests on this single report, with no other sources or follow-up.
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- TechCrunch · AIY Combinator’s Garry Tan uses AI agents so much, he spends up to $200K a year on tokens
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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