YC's Garry Tan spends $100K a year running AI agents
11/03/2026 — 11/03, 14:19·1 sources (all)·1 reports (all)
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- TechCrunch reported that Y Combinator CEO Garry Tan said he spends $100,000 to $200,000 a year on tokens to run AI agents, letting them read…
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On November 3, Beijing time, tech media outlet TechCrunch reported that Garry Tan, CEO of the prominent Silicon Valley startup accelerator Y Combinator (YC), recently revealed that he spends approximately $100,000 to $200,000 annually on Tokens to run AI agents. These agents not only assist him with his work and programming tasks but also read his emails, private notes, and even counseling records from 20 years ago.
Tan is set to discuss his heavy reliance on AI agents on the latest episode of Walter Isaacson's podcast, "The Builders," which will air on Tuesday local time. Speaking as a heavy user of AI programming tools, Tan previously joked that he suffers from cyber psychosis, noting that he barely sleeps at times because he gets overly excited working alongside AI agents. To help a broader audience understand what AI agents can actually do, Tan has publicly shared 23 Claude Code skills under the name gstack on GitHub.
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According to TechCrunch, Y Combinator CEO Garry Tan says he spends roughly $100,000 to $200,000 a year on tokens for AI agents, which read his email, private notes and even therapy records from 20 years ago. He has also published gstack, a set of 23 Claude Code skills, on GitHub to show what agents can do.
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