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

**Published:** November 3, 2026
**Author:** Julie Bort
**Source:** TechCrunch — AI
**Language:** en-US
**HTML:** https://aiqazaqstan.com/en/articles/y-combinator-s-garry-tan-uses-ai-agents-so-much-he-spends-up-to-200k-a-y

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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