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title: "Y Combinator’s Garry Tan uses AI agents so much, he spends up to $200K a year on tokens"
source: "TechCrunch：AI（RSS）"
source_tier: "t2"
url: "https://techcrunch.com/2026/11/02/y-combinators-garry-tan-uses-ai-agents-so-much-he-spends-up-to-200k-a-year-on-tokens/"
permalink: "https://feed.astralor.com/items/itm_793a736581dc167fc1337ccb"
published: "2026-11-03T00:35:52.000Z"
score: 56
channel: "tech"
tags: ["AI Agent","Combinator","Garry Tan","Combinator Garry Tan","Walter Isaacson","The Builders","Tan"]
---

# Y Combinator’s Garry Tan uses AI agents so much, he spends up to $200K a year on tokens

## At a glance

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,…

## Key points

- 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.

## Full text

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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