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

TechCrunch | 03.11.2026 02:35
Y Combinator CEO Garry Tan has, in the past, jokingly admitted that he’s suffered from “cyber psychosis” and sometimes barely sleeps because he’s so excited to be working with his AI agents. On a new episode of Walter Isaacson’s podcast The Builders, set to publish on Tuesday, Tan put a price tag on his passion.