Y 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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Garry Tan’s AI habit costs up to $200K a year YC’s Garry Tan says he uses AI agents so intensely he sometimes barely sleeps—and spends up to $200K yearly on tokens. That’s… via TechCrunch AI #AI #AIAgents #ArtificialIntelligence #YCombinator #gamedev #indiedev #indiegame #indiegames
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