Y Combinator CEO Garry Tan spends up to $200,000 a year on tokens to run personal and coding AI...

Y Combinator CEO Garry Tan spends up to $200,000 a year on tokens to run personal and coding AI agents.

Building AI products for end users? High token costs mean heavy agent workflows remain out of reach for most people until prices drop.

Worth checking: Avoid over-constraining AI agents with traditional software safety rules if you want them to act adaptively.

https://techcrunch.com/2026/11/02/y-combinators-garry-tan-uses-ai-agents-so-much-he-spends-up-to-200k-a-year-on-tokens/