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title: "Y Combinator’s Garry Tan uses AI agents so much, he spends up to $200K a year on tokens"
type: signal
url: https://frontiernewswire.com/s/y-combinator-8217-s-garry-tan-uses-ai-agents-so-much-he-spends-up-to-355ceae4
published: 2026-11-03T00:35:52.000Z
byline: "Source: TechCrunch AI"
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# Y Combinator’s Garry Tan uses AI agents so much, he spends up to $200K a year on tokens

Source: TechCrunch AI · Published 2026-11-03 · Canonical: https://frontiernewswire.com/s/y-combinator-8217-s-garry-tan-uses-ai-agents-so-much-he-spends-up-to-355ceae4

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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## Sources

- [Read the original at TechCrunch AI](https://techcrunch.com/2026/11/02/y-combinators-garry-tan-uses-ai-agents-so-much-he-spends-up-to-200k-a-year-on-tokens)

## On Bluesky

- [Deny Ally (@denyally.bsky.social)](https://bsky.app/profile/denyally.bsky.social/post/3mzer24r7hf2n) (Nov 2, 2026 · 7 likes · 4 reposts): 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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