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

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.

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On a new episode of Walter Isaacson’s podcast, The Builders, Tan put a price tag on his passion.

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